Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Anton Wingen Jr. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Accoriding to the War Diary

Accoriding to the War Diary for the 87th

second badge is blackened bronze

one depicting General Karl von Plettenberg

and southern France before being disbanded in December 1944

dark blue pebbled exterior

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Anton Wingen Jr. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Accoriding to the War Diary(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An extremely well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 26 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 ricasso is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and makers code of M7 51 for Anton Wingen Jr., of Solingen, in turn flanked by a manufacture date of 39. It sits securely within a one piece, nickel plated,