Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Lauterjung & Co. United Republic of from August 22nd to December

from August 22nd to December 26th

Stitched onto the tunic above the upper right breast pocket is an insignia in the form of a dark grey wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

A gilded silver Maltese cross with white-enamelled arms

measuring 110 mm (w) x 118 mm (h)

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Lauterjung & Co. United Republic of from August 22nd to December(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 265 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 145 mm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). The reverse bears a makers mark of TIGER, SOLINGEN, flanked by a tiger in profile, for the firm of Lauterjung & Co., Solingen. Stamped onto the reverse