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    Please forgive me if this is as common as muck - my main collecting interest is not in militaria and this is something my grandfather gave me many years ago.

     

    It's a penknife which, according to the blade, was made by 'FW Backhaus, Ohligs, Solingen.'  The handle has a printed design covered by perspex (now quite yellowed) with I think Kaiser Wilhelm on one side and someone else on the other one.  I expect that it was a Christmas gift in a similar manner to the chocolate issued to British troops, but any information anyone might generously offer would be much appreciated.

     

    With thanks, Richard

     

     

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    Hello, FW Backhaus was a maker of swords sabres, daggers, cuttlery, etc located in Ohlig Solingen . The trademark was a child mounted on a stork. your pen knife appears to be of WW1 era . please, amplify the inscription visible under the Celluloid grips

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