Germany, Imperial. A Trench Knife, with Knot visually-hidden reverse privately engraved 71745 PTE

reverse privately engraved 71745 PTE D

measures 86mm (w) x 161mm (l) x 24mm (d)

the obverse centre presents a swastika surrounded by some barley ears (not the standard RADwJ emblem)

she appeared before the De-nazification court in Munich in September 1949

with its cardboard box marked “Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern - nur von dem Beliehenen zu öffnen”

Germany, Imperial. A Trench Knife, with Knot visually-hidden reverse privately engraved 71745 PTE(Heer Kampfmesser mit Troddel). A Heer trench knife, measuring 28. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel, stiletto style blade which retains factory original sharpening to the edges and tip. Unmarked, the blade emanates from an integral tang, with the transition covered by an oblong crossguard, with two pieces of ribbed wood composing the handle grip. Accompanying the knife is