Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Louis Perlmann GTRexclude 07 mm (w) x 22

07 mm (w) x 22

awarded to Obergefreiter Hermann Engelking on may 5th

in turn bearing a central detailed edelweiss with a centrepiece consisting of a multi-coloured enameled HJ insignia

the reverse with a similar oak leaf wreath

Saskatchewan when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (781895) with the 128th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Louis Perlmann GTRexclude 07 mm (w) x 22(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. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). The reverse bears a makers mark of LOUPER, SOLINGEN for the former firm of Louis Perlmann, flanked by the firms FLAMME trade name. It sits securely