Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By C.d. Schaaff GTRexclude sunning and light wear evident

sunning and light wear evident on the exterior

The interior contains 24 black card stock pages

each with an original ribbon and brooch pinback

Footnote: The International Save the Children Union (L’Union Internationale de Secours aux Enfants) was a Geneva-based international organisation of children's welfare organisations founded in 1920 by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton

the eight single-ribbon ribbon bars with pinbacks

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By C.d. Schaaff GTRexclude sunning and light wear evident(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. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). A transitional example, the reverse of the blade bears both a makers mark of C. D. SCHAAFF, SOLINGEN, flanked by the firms fisherman logo, and a