Germany, Third Reich. A Reich’s Exhibition Of Productive People Damascus Blade Letter Opener, By Gebrüder Grah Auction Archive all documents show folding creases

all documents show folding creases and mild discolouration

presenting machine-woven Gothic script in two lines stating NORD NORDSEE in grey-white threading

Footnote: The Tank Destruction Badge was a German military decoration during the Third Reich

The recipient is a “Gefreiter”

NCOs and Enlisted Men for Sixteen Years' Service

Germany, Third Reich. A Reich’s Exhibition Of Productive People Damascus Blade Letter Opener, By Gebrüder Grah Auction Archive all documents show folding creases(Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk Briefffner mit Damaskusklinge). A rare and unique commemorative letter opener from the 1937 Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (Reics Exhibition of Productive People) in Dsseldorf. Measuring 255 mm in total length, it features a 170 mm long magnetic Damascus steel blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The obverse bears an acid etched inscription of SCHAFFENDES VOLK DSSELDORF 1937 in stylized script.