Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Newly Listed the arms surmounted by two

the arms surmounted by two crowns and bar inscribed "FRANCE"

First Lieutenant Edwards transferred from the Army

Resting upon the shoulders are two boards constructed of a thick pink wool base bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum bullion wire in an interwoven pattern

published in London in 1900

3 mm (w) x 63

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Newly Listed the arms surmounted by two(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A late period HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The ricasso bears double sided transitional makers marks, with the obverse reading RICH. ABR. HERDER, SOLINGEN for the firm of Richard Abraham Herder, while the reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei