Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by E. & F. Hörster Archive showing fraying and a loss

showing fraying and a loss of bullion on the blade

He had pneumonia and was declared "seriously ill"

multiple rays lay in the quadrants between the arms

stamped numbers on the edge do not line up

the underside marked “Preussische Staatsmünze

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by E. & F. Hörster Archive showing fraying and a loss(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 which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The reverse ricasso is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RMZ) logo and maker code M7 36 for E. & F. Hrster, Solingen. The blade sits securely within a nickel plated non magnetic metal alloy hilt with a hooked