Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Anton Wingen, Jr. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked 800 below catch

marked 800 below catch

Each has four pockets

A card celebrating the Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes)

It was officially abolished by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers of Occupied Japan in 1947 after the Second World War

Instituted 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel I

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Anton Wingen, Jr. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked 800 below catch(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 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 ricasso bears a makers mark of ANTON WINGEN, JR., SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic knight logo. The blade sits securely within