Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By C. Gustav Spitzer Newly Listed the leather on the scabbard

the leather on the scabbard generally intact

the middle band missing both its pins which allows the platform to come away from the body of the dirk when the knife is released

attached to a thick silver aluminum braid with a white rayon backer

printed in black ink on both sides

Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By C. Gustav Spitzer Newly Listed the leather on the scabbard(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A rare 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!), which has lost most of its colour and depth, remaining only faintly visible. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of C. GUSTAV SPITZER,