Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Knife, By H.&F. Lauterjung certificate_of_authenticity and a potent propaganda tool

and a potent propaganda tool

the Battalion was absorbed into the 12th Reserve Battalion

After a short spell in the Reichswehr and the police force in the city of Essen

non-operational 45 hours

Submarine War Badge - in gilded zinc (gold wash nearly completely gone except on the pin)

Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Knife, By H.&F. Lauterjung certificate_of_authenticity and a potent propaganda tool(HJ Fahrtenmesser). Measuring 258 mm long with the scabbard on, featuring a a 142 mm long brushed (magnetic) steel blade, with an extremely sharp edge but a dinged tip. The blade is un etched, but maker marked RZM M7 6 and H.&F. Lauterjung, Solingen, with light marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard. The thick blackened leather washer at the cross guard is intact and sits tightly in its place. The cross guard consists of a rounded