Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Eickhorn certificate_of_authenticity scattered gilt wear and spotting

scattered gilt wear and spotting on the WMM

The Cossacks retained much of their Soviet dress and equipment

a two-ribbon ribbon bar (National Defense Service Medal with 2nd Award Bar

magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a wide fuller running approximately two-thirds of the length of each side

at the age of 68

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Eickhorn certificate_of_authenticity scattered gilt wear and spotting(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 26 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse bears transitional makers marks consisting of the logo of Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, above a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M7 66 for the same manufacturer. It sits securely within a nickel plated non magnetic