Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Archive held in position with the

held in position with the shell rivets

148 mm x 210 mm

51st Infantry Battalion

with the 17th C

the exterior with a faux red leather exterior liner

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Archive held in position with the(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A late period HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The ricasso bears double sided transitional makers marks, with the obverse reading RICH. ABR. HERDER, SOLINGEN for the firm of Richard Abraham Herder, while the reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei