Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Wüsthof Auction though it is also awarded

though it is also awarded for service and meritorious achievement in other civil and government fields

marked twice by maker’s mark of Karl Fischmeister

Military District 2

(HJ/Bund Deutscher Mädel Abzeichen)

the copyright is held by the Weltbild company in Berlin

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Wüsthof Auction though it is also awarded(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A HJ members knife, measuring 255 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 140 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened lower edge. It presents plain with the exception of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a makers code of M7 112 for Carl Wsthof, Solingen. The blade sits securely within a one piece nickel plated zink alloy hilt, with a hooked quillon