Description
Ernest Brooke and a girl
with Oak Leaf Design on the DRGM marked Attaching Device
The Cultural Decoration]
1920 - January 16
measuring aprox
Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie visually-hidden Ernest Brooke and a girl(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved 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 which retains some factory original sharpening to the lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!) in cursive script. The reverse bears transitional maker marks consisting of the classic knights helmet logo of the firm