Spain, Spanish State. A Falange Youth Knife Auction (Waffen-SS Artillerie Beobachterbataillon Hauptsturmführer Schulterbretter)

(Waffen-SS Artillerie Beobachterbataillon Hauptsturmführer Schulterbretter)

Instituted in 1991 (in bronze

65 mm (w) x 30

Silver with a bronze gilt insignia

one at each end of the cords

Spain, Spanish State. A Falange Youth Knife Auction (Waffen-SS Artillerie Beobachterbataillon Hauptsturmführer Schulterbretter)A well preserved Falange Youth 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 blade is plain with the exception of an inscription of SOLINGEN on the obverse ricasso, indicating German manufacture. The blade sits securely within a nickel plated magnetic metal hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel. Two pieces of pebbled black