Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Gebrüder Gräfrath GTRexclude Grand Cross badge

Grand Cross badge

A National Order of the Southern Cross

in cast gilt brass

This clause made it possible for the orderto be established on January 1

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Gebrüder Gräfrath GTRexclude Grand Cross badge(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A HJ members knife, measuring 260 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 142 mm long 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!) in cursive script. The reverse of the blade is stamped with a makers mark of GEBR. GRFRATH, SOLINGEN, and as a transitional example, also bears a Reichszeugmeisterei