A “Front Heil” Veteran’s Commemorative Pocket Knife Archive /Jagdgeschwader 52

/Jagdgeschwader 52

an attractive group

surrounded by floral representation

the reverse with a vertical pin (marked with a star for wartime Austrian recipient) and a functional hinge/catch assembly and four hollow rivets

Footnote: The Order of Leopold is one of the three current Belgian national honourary orders of knighthood

A “Front Heil” Veteran’s Commemorative Pocket Knife Archive /Jagdgeschwader 52Constructed of a bronzed metal core with steel blades (magnetic); depicting a German Stahlhelm before a vertically oriented downward pointing sword, with a upward facing half oak leaf wreath with a tricolour banner directly below; inscribed with Der Gott der Eisen wachsen lies der wollte keine Knechte (The God who let iron grow who didnt want servants, as well as Front Heil; with a larger blade on one end (48 mm long), and a smaller blade at the other