Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Knife, By Hartkopf & Co. United Republic of 14-18 year olds 1933 excursion

14-18 year olds 1933 excursion to Germany

measuring 133

The Japanese fighters caught them as they turned over shipping in the harbor for their bomb run

with a double maker’s mark of “GRIENAUER” for the firm of Edwin Grienauer

Maidstone (1916)

Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Knife, By Hartkopf & Co. United Republic of 14-18 year olds 1933 excursion(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An extremely well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 255 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 145 mm long tapering magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The blade presents plain with the exception of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo acid etched onto the reverse ricasso, flanked by a makers code of M7 40 for the firm of Hartkopf & Co., Solingen. It sits securely within a one piece