Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Wüsthof Auction Archive Of all the battles on

Of all the battles on this frontier of India the siege of Imphal and its relief in the summer of 1944 rank next in importance to the Battle of Kohima

as well as for the Hermann Göring Panzer Division on the Overseas and Field caps

maker marked "MARPLES & BEASLEY BIRMINGHAM" on the intact brass slider

8 mm (h) hanger in bronze gilt with red

Footnote: NSG (Narodní Streleckych Gard = National Armed Guard)

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Wüsthof Auction Archive Of all the battles on(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A HJ members knife, measuring 255 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 140 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened lower edge. It presents plain with the exception of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a makers code of M7 112 for Carl Wsthof, Solingen. The blade sits securely within a one piece nickel plated zink alloy hilt, with a hooked quillon