28th Mar, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 160
 

160

A German Third Reich Paratrooper's Gravity Knife, the blade etched with maker's mark for Paul...

A German Third Reich Paratrooper's Gravity Knife, the blade etched with maker's mark for Paul Weyersberg & Co., Solingen, and etched ROSTFREI, with walnut grip scales and folding marlin spike, together with a copy photograph showing a line of JU52's in a deserted German airfield known as Westerland Sylt, taken in 1945 by the vendor's father 1775142 R E Smith of the RAF Regiment who also recovered the knife from one of the aircraft

Sold for £550
Estimated at £350 - £450


 

The spring and mechanism are working. Good condition.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Mar, 2018

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