Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Republic of and with mostly minor contact

and with mostly minor contact marks but with light scratches on the left arm on the swastika

in uniform with a greatcoat and with the Knight’s Cross clearly visible

or by a collector

and “68” for size large)

85 mm (w) x 46

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Republic of and with mostly minor contact(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A late period HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The ricasso bears double sided transitional makers marks, with the obverse reading RICH. ABR. HERDER, SOLINGEN for the firm of Richard Abraham Herder, while the reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei