Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Late-War Example, By Karl Robert Kaldenbach certificate_of_authenticity also known as SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger

also known as SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger

Isle of Wright

in turn set within a semi-circular oak leaf wreath

the exterior bearing handwritten particulars

just before the start of the First World War

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Late-War Example, By Karl Robert Kaldenbach certificate_of_authenticity also known as SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logos and maker code M7 72 for Karl Robert Kaldenbach, Solingen Grafrath. It sits securely within a nickel plated zink alloy hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel, and with an intact blackened