HJ Knife

This is a knife that causes much controversy amongst dealers and collectors. The M7/30 blade for Gebrüder Grafrath, Solingen-Widden, who was not a prolific maker for these daggers - is in great condition, with a few spots on each side, nothing serious, but it has a solid red diamond, something that most people shy away from however -
The solid red a less than 1% of HJ daggers in my unsciencetific survey the solid red shows up in 1940 & the silver thereafter. Even Though no movement is not an indication that a diamond is bad, movement is invariably an indication that a diamond is good . The strangest diamond I have seen is on a late Eickhorn that looks like its made of paste. I have seen 2. So my message to you all is don't be too quick to judge something as bad because you haven't seen it.
The scabbard retains almost all period paint, and the leather fixing is complete with a button that works.

In hand it looks like someone has had a go at the diamond to dig it out, however under my microscope it can clearly be seen that it has not!!

From Jo Rivett in case there was any doubt
The background pattern ? it's there, you just cant see it because the enamel is not translucent. So the only abnormality with opaque badges, is that the red enamel is not transparent. Another abnormality that applies to many opaque badges, is that they were made using lesser quality materials like eisen (magnetic) and messing-plated eisen (still magnetic on both sides even though the obverse is theoretically messing - but the messing sheet is so thin). Otherwise in most cases, they are stamped under the identical obverse and reverse dies. How about the triangular NS-Frauenschaft badges? the small swastika in the center is found in both translucent and opaque, yet you dont ever hear any collector of these "doubt" them.

18+ only, and proof will be required before you buy it with photographic evidence, so don't go buying it before you supply the the required documentation, I will refuse the order! as per Crime and Policing Act 2026: knife crime and crossbows act

I will ship wordwide ( with exclusions) and the value and item will be declared correctly