Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg Hold within a ring of black

within a ring of black enamel bearing a silvered inscription of “DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ SAMARITEN” and a mobile swastika

90mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned surmounting crown)

9 General Hospital

George VI (silver

measuring 50 mm (w) x 110 mm (l) x 18 mm (h)

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg Hold within a ring of black(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 26 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse of the blade bears a partially legible makers mark of CARL HEIDELBERG, SOLINGEN, with an additional Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a code of M7 65 for the same maker, in turn above a manufacture date of 1941. It sits