Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger-Messer. A Luftwaffe paratrooper knife using a sliding steel blade inside a metal grip fitted with walnut, the grain running through vertically, grip plates. The blade is a relatively blunt spear-point with a flat ground profile, tapering to a utility edge, measuring 100 mm, marked with Reichsbetriebsnummer “R B Nr. 0/0561/0020 for the company Paul Weyersberg in Solingen. The throat has the arrow marking, pointing downward to the takedown actuator, under the throat fitting is an arrow pointing upward and the marking “945,” and the same number stamped on the bottom plate of the throat. A magnetic steel loop extends from the grip. The knife is equipped with a folding marlinspike marked with symbol for waffenamt code “Luft 5,” a “stickbird” clutching the number “5.” The knife shows moderate surface wear and is in overall fine condition.