Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with minor loss of finish

with minor loss of finish and flecking of enamels evident

Blane returned to Canada and was posted to No

the reverse in postcard format and with a handwritten dedication to a friend

Speed: 16 knots

bearing a tan-coloured BeVo-style SS eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Transitional Example, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with minor loss of finish(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A transitional 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 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!) in cursive script. The reverse bears a makers mark EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, situated beneath the firms classic