Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by C. Gustav Spitzer Auction embarking Liverpool on August 26

embarking Liverpool on August 26

Affixed to the front of the panels directly below the peak is a button

1940 - April 21

measuring approximately 82 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

reverse inscribed "ZA ZASLUGE 10

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by C. Gustav Spitzer Auction embarking Liverpool on August 26(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip and lower edge. The reverse ricasso is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M7 80 for C. Gustav Spitzer, Solingen, with a manufacture date of 39. The blade sits securely within a nickel plated zink alloy hilt