Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example, by Carl Eickhorn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and the HMS Victory

and the HMS Victory

She dispensed with full masts thanks to the increased reliability of steam engines by the time of her construction

measuring 17 mm (w) x 20 mm inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

After nine weeks in Australia

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example, by Carl Eickhorn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and the HMS Victory(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!), while the reverse features transitional makers marks in the form of the classic squirrel logo of Carl