Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Province of China the reverse of each board

the reverse of each board with an integrated strap with reinforced buttonholes

an example of the Third Type

Silvered aluminum

and Miniature: in silvered bronze

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Province of China the reverse of each board(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A late period 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. The ricasso bears double sided transitional makers marks, with the obverse reading RICH. ABR. HERDER, SOLINGEN for the firm of Richard Abraham Herder, while the reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei