Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Gebrüder Gräfrath Auction Kahnt’s unit

Kahnt’s unit

Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Montreal

1917 and ceased to command the battalion (London Gazette 30253)

41 mm x 41 mm

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Gebrüder Gräfrath Auction Kahnt’s unit(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A HJ members knife, measuring 260 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 142 mm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!) in cursive script. The reverse of the blade is stamped with a makers mark of GEBR. GRFRATH, SOLINGEN, and as a transitional example, also bears a Reichszeugmeisterei