Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Wüsthof Auction Archive A German Second War Iron

A German Second War Iron Cross Medal Bar - Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 (silver frame

Of all the battles on this frontier of India the siege of Imphal and its relief in the summer of 1944 rank next in importance to the Battle of Kohima

with general oxidation along the star

maker marked "MARPLES & BEASLEY BIRMINGHAM" on the intact brass slider

at Kinmel Park

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Wüsthof Auction Archive A German Second War Iron(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A HJ members knife, measuring 255 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 140 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened lower edge. It presents plain with the exception of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a makers code of M7 112 for Carl Wsthof, Solingen. The blade sits securely within a one piece nickel plated zink alloy hilt, with a hooked quillon