Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Province of China and in Japanese sources as

and in Japanese sources as the Battle off Penang

Alfreda Porter of Toronto

the reverse of each board with an integrated strap with reinforced buttonholes

Austrian Silesia

along with zippers on the underside of the sleeves

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Province of China and in Japanese sources as(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