Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By Louis Perlmann United Republic of with Grand Cross miniature star

with Grand Cross miniature star mounted on ribbon

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

Visible underneath the moisture guard are the remnants of a silvered mark of “EREL SONDERKLASSE” and “PRIVAT”

bar CANADA

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

Germany, Hj. A Rare Member’s Knife, By Louis Perlmann United Republic of with Grand Cross miniature star(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