Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example By Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed the ribbon between the arms

the ribbon between the arms read “VERBAND LANDES FEUER WEHR” (COUNTRY FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION)

Lieutenants Simpson and Banks fought their way to the safety of nearby cloud cover

1942 he received the German Cross in Gold

in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred

stamped oval shaped tombac

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example By Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed the ribbon between the arms(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 13 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The obverse of the blade bears an acid etched inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). The reverse features a transitional makers mark consisting of the logo of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, situated above a Reichszeugmeisterei