Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Early-Issue Example, by Anton Wingen Jr. certificate_of_authenticity certified by the handwritten signature

certified by the handwritten signature of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring

A group of First War period awards and documents

but the carriers had been so frightened by the ferocity of the assault that they were in shock

with the obverse ricasso bearing a maker’s mark of “WLASZOVITS

Footnote: This general assault badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Early-Issue Example, by Anton Wingen Jr. certificate_of_authenticity certified by the handwritten signature(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An 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 tip and lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is a motto of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!) in cursive script. The reverse is maker marked A. W. JR., SOLINGEN for the firm of Anton Wingen Jr., circumscribing the