Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By C. Gustav Spitzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the top of the badge

the top of the badge shows a national eagle with spread wings looking to the left

who murdered hundreds in his so-called research for a cure for malaria

Georg Herzog

the ends sewn together on the reverse with a few spots near the seam)

Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By C. Gustav Spitzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the top of the badge(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A rare 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!), which has lost most of its colour and depth, remaining only faintly visible. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of C. GUSTAV SPITZER,