A Piece of Cold War History

[Phrandau]

So, when I was in the Army, I had been stationed in Germany, starting in ‘85 to ‘92. Many will recognize this period was when The Berlin Wall was to come down.
When this occurred, I happened to be in Berlin and walked through when they opened Checkpoint Charlie. I have to say, going into the infamous East Germany was a sight to behold.
Anyhoo, I wanted to have a little sort of souvenir as a keepsake other than chunks of concrete and pictures, so I had stepped into a small shop to look around.
I found this delightful if not simple little lockback pocketknife, and bought that. I had a bit of East German money with me (damn, I wish I still had some of that) mixed in with my West German marks.
I carried this little guy for a while before placing into the safe as a keepsake.
I’ve included some pics in the event anyone is curious.

 

[Murindo]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Peregrin]

So, when I was in the Army, I had been stationed in Germany, starting in ‘85 to ‘92. Many will recognize this period was when The Berlin Wall was to come down.
When this occurred, I happened to be in Berlin and walked through when they opened Checkpoint Charlie. I have to say, going into the infamous East Germany was a sight to behold.
Anyhoo, I wanted to have a little sort of souvenir as a keepsake other than chunks of concrete and pictures, so I had stepped into a small shop to look around.
I found this delightful if not simple little lockback pocketknife, and bought that. I had a bit of East German money with me (damn, I wish I still had some of that) mixed in with my West German marks.
I carried this little guy for a while before placing into the safe as a keepsake.
I’ve included some pics in the event anyone is curious.

A cool little knife! That must have been quite an experience!

 

[Phrandau]

Definitely a unique time

 

[Old Hunter]

Funny how a knife (or other object) becomes permanently linked in your mind to significant events you live in or through. Nice remembrance piece. OH

 

[Will Power]

Some good Stag on it and not surprisingly, similar to lockbacks from the then BRD West Germany in Solingen . Hubertus or Weidmannsheil.

 

[JM2]

Wow, that's awesome, thank you for sharing.

 

[RLB0414]

Cool knife and probably better experience

 

[Badger28]

Love the story, thank you! And cool knife to boot

 

[Side O'Beef]

Very cool knife with a very cool story to go with it!