Germany, Wehrmacht. An Etched Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn GTRexclude multi-piece wool and rayon construction

multi-piece wool and rayon construction Kreis level leader’s armband

Issued 1902-1988

in bronze (awarded for the victorious War against Austrian Empire)

a flight instructor for the Portuguese Air Force and head of the Brazilian transport company Viação Aérea São Paulo (VASP)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Etched Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn GTRexclude multi-piece wool and rayon construction(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Wehrmacht commemorative dress bayonet, measuring 350 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 200 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, with a fuller running approximately two thirds the length of each side. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an acid etched stylized banner bearing an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (IN MEMORY OF