BOOKS IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2022
3 minutes
—David Walsh
The Collector’s Guide to Hitler Youth Knives Vol. I & II
Publisher: “LST Publishing” (self published) Over 800 pages, thousands of photos and about 500 knives surveyed.
Author: Nathan Hogle
Contact Info: nathan@lakesidetrader.com, nathanphogle@gmail.com
ntroduced in 1933, the Hitler Youth rally knife (Fahrtenmesser) was the first “Nazi dagger.” A handsome object, it resembled the WWI-Weimar officer’s dress bayonet (Extra Seitengewehr), and certain imperial German trench knives. It also foreshadowed the similar, adult-sized Wehrmacht dress bayonet. Of course it was
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