Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by C. Gustav Spitzer Province of China measuring 145 mm (w) x

measuring 145 mm (w) x 160 mm (h)

The medal was to be presented to the officers and men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps who participated in engagements and battles that were deemed to be of sufficient importance to merit their commemoration

In its beige cardboard box of issue

Acquired directly from the family estate

(وسام العمل الجاد / wisam aleamal aljadi)

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, by C. Gustav Spitzer Province of China measuring 145 mm (w) x(HJ Fahrtenmesser). An HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 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 the tip and lower edge. The reverse ricasso is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M7 80 for C. Gustav Spitzer, Solingen, with a manufacture date of 39. The blade sits securely within a nickel plated zink alloy hilt