Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By Louis Perlmann United Republic of Instituted July 16 1932 by

Instituted July 16 1932 by the Secretary of War

1942 and signed in blue ink by the leader of “Kampfgruppe Scherer”

Medical Arrangements and Narrative of the Battle

the obverse presents a handpainted portrait of San Marino surrounded by a blue enamel ring with the inscription SAN MARINO PROTETTORE

Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By Louis Perlmann United Republic of Instituted July 16 1932 by(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A scarce and well preserved HJ members knife, measuring 26 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. The obverse bears an acid etched inscription reading BLUT UND EHRE! (BLOOD AND HONOUR!). The reverse is maker marked with the LOUPER trade name of the firm of Louis Perlmann, Solingen. It sits securely within a nickel plated