Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Gustav Felix Hold measuring 20 mm (w) x

measuring 20 mm (w) x 26 mm (h)

one on the ground

the outer circumference of which features a raised oak leaf design

Luftschutz Breast Insignia (navy blue and white embroidered insignia

The IPS was sometimes characterized as civil servants who didn't want to work and soldiers who didn't want to fight

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Gustav Felix Hold measuring 20 mm (w) x(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An 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 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!). The reverse ricasso bears a transitional makers mark consisting of a manufacturers logo reading G. FELIX, SOLINGEN, flanked by the firms GLORIAWERK