Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg United Republic of maker marked “L15” for “Otto

maker marked “L15” for “Otto Schickle

He was acknowledged again in a War Office communique of August 13

he was wounded at Arras on 28 August 1918

she returned to No

It annexed Belgium and the left bank of the Rhine

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg United Republic of maker marked “L15” for “Otto(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 26 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse of the blade bears a partially legible makers mark of CARL HEIDELBERG, SOLINGEN, with an additional Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a code of M7 65 for the same maker, in turn above a manufacture date of 1941. It sits