Hitler Youth Knife

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Hitler Youth Knife (reproduction)
Workshop drawing for the trip knife. Official documents of the RJF and the RZM for manufacturers of the Hitler Youth trip knife.

The airspeed indicator of the HJ was after the seizure of power by the Nazis in the summer of 1933 in the Hitler Youth and the Young People's introduced, but was not a prescribed part of the uniform.

The basic shape of the knife was based on the military bayonets with a metal scabbard with their ability to be worn on the belt (i.e. belt). Until August 1938 the motto " Blood and Honor !" Was etched into the knife blades . After the Second World War , the manufacturers continued to use the existing production facilities and made the knife for scouts . The Nazi symbols were mostly replaced by the boy scout lily .

Data

  • Material: nickel-plated zinc, iron and plastic
  • Length with scabbard: 255 mm
  • Length without scabbard: 245 mm
  • Blade length: 140 mm
  • Width at the ricasso : 25 mm

Carrying method

The Hitler Youth travel knife should be carried with the harness (hip belt 88 cm, shoulder belt 80.5 cm) on the back left hip. The HJ emblem should be on the outside.

Authorization to wear the Hitler Youth's travel knife was acquired by taking the Pimpfenprobe .

Manufacturer

Embossing of the RZM and various Solingen cutlery manufacturers.

The HJ travel knives could be purchased in the licensed retail trade of the Reichszeugmeisterei for 4  RM .

The knife was manufactured at a large number of licensed production facilities, whereby the embossed RZM number enabled a clear assignment. Some of these manufacturers were:

RZM no. Manufacturer designation Location
M7 / 2 EVS Emil Voos Solingen
M7 / 9 * Solingen metal weapons factory Stoecker & Co.
M7 / 10 * Zwilling JA Henckels
M7 / 18 * Richard Abr. Herder
M7 / 19 Eduard Wüsthof Dreizackwerk
M7 / 27 Pumawerk (Lauterjung & Son)
M7 / 42 Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie. (WKC)
M7 / 49 Friedrich Herder AS
M7 / 65 Karl Heidelberg
M7 / 66 * Carl Eickhorn
 * see figure on the right

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/lebensdienstleistungen/2_57.htm - German Historical Museum
  2. ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://forum.stirpes.net/geschichte-kunst-kultur/3006-die-reichszeugmeisterei-rzm.html - information on RZM numbers