Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example by Hartkopf & Co. Republic of (NSKK Leistungsmedaille)

(NSKK Leistungsmedaille)

England in March 1895

This was done at very great personal risk

the front engraved with the 256th Infantry Battalion insignia

Navy War Correspondent Patch

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example by Hartkopf & Co. Republic of (NSKK Leistungsmedaille)(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved transitional HJ members knife, measuring 25 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The reverse of the blade bears a makers mark of HARTKOPF & CO., SOLINGEN, flanked by the firms classic double devil logo. The ricasso is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and