Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Arthur Schüttelhöfer Auction Archive (w) x 247 mm (h)

(w) x 247 mm (h) x 5 mm (d)

left side of the badge in shape of the snake (likely representing river Drina

the exterior bearing a black ink inscription of “VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN SILBER” and a maker’s mark fo “HERMANN WERNSTEIN

(Velika zlatna kolajna Poglavnika Ante Pavelića za hrabrost)

matching black painted frog stud on the obverse

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Arthur Schüttelhöfer Auction Archive (w) x 247 mm (h)(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved 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 is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!), while the reverse bears a makers mark of A. SCHTTELHFER & CO., SOLINGEN WALD, flanked by a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and makers code of M7 13