Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Heinrich Böker & Co. Auction vintage triangular ribbon with safety

vintage triangular ribbon with safety pin

Footnote: Ex Glendining’s February 1926

stitched in place using dark green twill

Silver with red

to his initiative

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Heinrich Böker & Co. Auction vintage triangular ribbon with safety(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 13. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a slightly blunted tip and sharpened lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!), while the reverse bears a makers mark of HEINR. BKER & CO., SOLINGEN, flanked by the firms tree logo. It sits securely within a