Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Late-War Example, By Karl Robert Kaldenbach Auction Archive Luftwaffe NCO/EM Breast Eagle -

Luftwaffe NCO/EM Breast Eagle - Machine embroidered threads of Luftwaffe grey colored wool backing

II Class Silver Grade: in silver

Major Archer Denness briefly commanded 3 RAR between the departure of Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Ferguson and the arrival of the new commanding officer

The crossguard itself is that of the solid nickel-silver kind

each measuring 45 mm (w) x 105 mm (l)

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Late-War Example, By Karl Robert Kaldenbach Auction Archive Luftwaffe NCO/EM Breast Eagle -(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. The reverse is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logos and maker code M7 72 for Karl Robert Kaldenbach, Solingen Grafrath. It sits securely within a nickel plated zink alloy hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel, and with an intact blackened