Description
Gun Layer Proficiency Badge (in bronze
one of the major training centres
Ground Combat Badge
machine embroidered national eagle in golden yellow threads
composed of 10 handmade and hand chiseled symbols/plaques (11
Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By C. Gustav Spitzer Hold Gun Layer Proficiency Badge (in(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A rare 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. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!), which has lost most of its colour and depth, remaining only faintly visible. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of C. GUSTAV SPITZER,