Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Republic of or by a collector

or by a collector

85 mm (w) x 46

in uniform with a greatcoat and with the Knight’s Cross clearly visible

Don José Antonio Girón de Velasco was one of the most distinguished politicians during the government of Francisco Franco (1939-1975)

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Republic of or by a collector(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