Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Knife, By Hartkopf & Co. United Republic of the Battalion was broken up

the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 19th

(black and white

all quality period strikings

white metal cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened brass core (nonmagnetic) within a white metal ribbed border

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

Germany, Hj. A Hj Member’s Knife, By Hartkopf & Co. United Republic of the Battalion was broken up(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