Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg Hold Kennedy was at the Battle

Kennedy was at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917

France on August 14th

two groups of five

a castle and a mountain scene in the background

plaster with a brown wash

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg Hold Kennedy was at the Battle(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 26 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The reverse of the blade bears a partially legible makers mark of CARL HEIDELBERG, SOLINGEN, with an additional Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso, flanked by a code of M7 65 for the same maker, in turn above a manufacture date of 1941. It sits