An Early Hj Knife With Motto By Tiger Auction Footnote: The Austrian Bundesstaat was

Footnote: The Austrian Bundesstaat was a short lived government established in 1934

and that his true name was Benjamin Hill

The crossgrain to the obverse is intact and crisp throughout

during the Second Battle of Passchendaele

An Early Hj Knife With Motto By Tiger Auction Footnote: The Austrian Bundesstaat wasThis example is made with a steel base and a nickel finish. Bright plating with early coarse grip. The HJ insignia exhibits only minor contact from handling. The blade is the style with a ricasso appearing with a deep motto Blut und Ehre! The reverse side of the blade is stamped with the large horizontal tiger positioned at approximately the center point of the blade. Behind the cat is the companys boldly lettered name and location Tiger Solingen.