Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Early Issue, by H. & F. Lauterjung Auction Single Shoulder Board

Single Shoulder Board

All that is known about his time in the field is that he fought on the Eastern Front

including a Heeresverwaltung shoulder board cypher

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Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Early Issue, by H. & F. Lauterjung Auction Single Shoulder Board(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 25 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade retaining factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR). The reverse bears a makers mark of H. & F. LAUTERJUNG, SOLINGEN. The blade sits securely within a nickel