Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Late-War Example, By Karl Robert Kaldenbach Hold bound to a kraft paper

bound to a kraft paper cover via a string

stating that he had two weeks previous military service with the Manitoba Dragoons in July 1928

photo (3) written and signed by “Herbert

but it was also true that the Canadian government had been haggling with Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units throughout the war over who should bear the cost of regimental cap and collar badges: the government or the units

twelve RCN Rank/Trade Shoulder Patches

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, Late-War Example, By Karl Robert Kaldenbach Hold bound to a kraft paper(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. The reverse is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logos and maker code M7 72 for Karl Robert Kaldenbach, Solingen Grafrath. It sits securely within a nickel plated zink alloy hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel, and with an intact blackened