Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Cie United Republic of An extremely well-preserved general-issue Wehrmacht

An extremely well-preserved general-issue Wehrmacht undershirt

fully lined in an identical field-grey wool

measuring 39 mm x 27 mm

Suspended from a 96 mm long silver gilt chain

Lieutenant Baker (later Captain Baker

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Cie United Republic of An extremely well-preserved general-issue Wehrmacht(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 25 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse of the blade bears the makers logo of Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie., Solingen, and is otherwise unmarked. It sits securely within a one piece nickel plated magnetic metal hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel to allow for a firm grip. Two pieces of