Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by P.D. Lüneschloss United Republic of Transport Service

Transport Service

Queen Elizabeth II's Visit to Great Britain during the Coronation Year 1953 Medal presented by Finnigans of Bond Street (in bronze gilt

constructed of black wool with silver-grey machine embroidery in the shape of an eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)” and a maker’s mark of “JULIUS MAURER

very light contact on the badge

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by P.D. Lüneschloss United Republic of Transport Service(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 25 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 is an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). The reverse ricasso is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo, maker code M4 37 for P. D. Lneschloss, Solingen, and a manufacture date of 1937. The blade sits