Meaning of "Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?"

KiotiJohn · Dec 1, 2005

Re: Meaning of \"Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?\"

Sorry if someone has already posted this, I didn't have time to read all the thread.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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jerrym4 · Dec 1, 2005

Re: Meaning of \"Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?\"

These knives were used for show only. At one point this would have had several leather straps that would go around the users shoulders. It hung at their side.

I own a similar knive with a different saying. Spending some time on google can turn up pictures of similar knives.

KubotaSteve · Dec 1, 2005

Re: Meaning of \"Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?\"

I couldn't resist this one Brent being the Christmas season and all, but "You'll shoot your eye out kid!" from of course Christmas Story.

blah · Dec 1, 2009

Re: Meaning of "Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?"

when i was looking for a translation on a knife i found in my attic, i found this and also found this Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia this gives quite a bit of background as well

paratrooper · Dec 2, 2009

Re: Meaning of "Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?"

That funny "letter" is called a "sharp S" in German .The word is heisst . The verb heisse means "is called" . Ich heisse Tom . (I am called Tom , or I am named Tom). Er heisst Karl (he is called or named Karl) . So your word indicates the verb "is called" or "is named". With this information you can easier translate your sentence .

MossRoad · Dec 2, 2009

Re: Meaning of "Meine Ehre Heibt Treue?"

blah said:
when i was looking for a translation on a knife i found in my attic, i found this and also found this Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia this gives quite a bit of background as well

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