Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Eickhorn certificate_of_authenticity scattered gilt wear and spotting

scattered gilt wear and spotting on the WMM

The Cossacks retained much of their Soviet dress and equipment

some taken in Africa

magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a wide fuller running approximately two-thirds of the length of each side

a two-ribbon ribbon bar (National Defense Service Medal with 2nd Award Bar

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Eickhorn certificate_of_authenticity scattered gilt wear and spotting(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 26 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 bears transitional makers marks consisting of the logo of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, above a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M7 66 for the same manufacturer. It sits securely within a nickel plated non magnetic