Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example By Carl Eickhorn Archive was discharged to duty on

was discharged to duty on the 29th

on a full-length of gray lanyard with interwoven aluminum thread cord

Bahnhofstrasse 13c"

the Navy Medal for the War 1939-1945 having been lost to time but appears as one of the recipient's awards on his ribbon bar

the reverse bearing an additional handwritten signature

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example By Carl Eickhorn Archive was discharged to duty on(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 13 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The obverse of the blade bears an acid etched inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). The reverse features a transitional makers mark consisting of the logo of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, situated above a Reichszeugmeisterei