Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg United Republic of The 1st British Columbia Depot

The 1st British Columbia Depot Battalion

maker marked “L15” for “Otto Schickle

the exact shade used in practice varied from badge to badge

60 mm x 85 mm x 21

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Knife, By Carl Heidelberg United Republic of The 1st British Columbia Depot(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