Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg Archive The hip pockets open with

The hip pockets open with reinforced horizontal pocket flaps

born 1890 in Sheffield

that the Irvin Parachute Co

with slotted blue wool bed medal

dated July 23 to September 1

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg Archive The hip pockets open with(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 26 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse of the blade bears a partially legible makers mark of CARL HEIDELBERG, SOLINGEN, with an additional Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a code of M7 65 for the same maker, in turn above a manufacture date of 1941. It sits