Original German WWII HJ Knife with Scabbard by F. & A. Helbig - RZM M7/73 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia as the script is now

as the script is now rather faint

This indicates it was manufactured by Quist in Esslingen

The top of the barrel is faintly marked with the the standard E / L G / * in an oval

one of the very few Naval Battles the French won during the Napoleonic Wars

Original German WWII HJ Knife with Scabbard by F. & A. Helbig - RZM M7/73 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia as the script is nowOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the classic later pattern HJ Knife, produced by Freida & Alfred Helbig, Messerfabrik (knife factory) in Steinbach Kreis Meiningen, Germany. This was located in Eastern Germany, and after the War was folded into the State owned VEB Besteckfabrik, per J. Anthony Carter's excellent book GERMAN KNIFE AND SWORD MAKERS. It comes complete with its original scabbard. These knives were given to boys