Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by Eduard Gembruch, c. 1940 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 29 mm (w) x

measuring 29 mm (w) x 35

The configuration of the Stahlhelm indicates that it was possibly reissued to Czechoslovakian forces post-war

with replacement ring and loop with mid 20th century ribbon

maker marked "L2/682/39" and marked "KERNSTÜCK" on the tab where it is stitched to the body of the belt

the obverse with a leftward facing effigy of Queen Victoria

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by Eduard Gembruch, c. 1940 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 29 mm (w) x(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A late period 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 which retains some factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. Appropriately absent an HJ motto, the blade is marked on the reverse ricasso with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M7 8 for Eduard Gembruch, with a manufacture date of 1940. It