Marine-HJ knife scores big time..

[Garry]

This was listed by the auction house as as having been made for "museums and collectors" in the post-war period. This description could lead to a situation where insufficiently informed readers might believe that a knife with a blue HJ diamond (and that awful etch) existed 1933-45 and that it was an official, regulation part of the Marine-HJ uniform and that this a copy of such a knife. This is, of course, demonstrably not true. Sadly, someone paid 1250 Euros plus VAT on the commission for this thing...

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[wilhelm saris]

yes Gary. There still are people who believe this nonsense
and those not aware, buy the item! They never will learn!

 

[Strumble69]

How sad, and Its just so ugly....

 

[Pimpf359]

I also had to pay a lot of money, but it was at the beginning of collecting and mainly for patches that didn't cost that much. Mostly it was a spontaneous purchase at the flea market.

I can't understand this with items like this, as you have enough time to find out whether something like that existed. Unfortunately, I have no sympathy for such people.