Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Staghorn Grip Variant by Carl Eickhorn, c. 1942 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac illustrating a seated Bosnian soldier

illustrating a seated Bosnian soldier wearing his fez

circumscribed by the inscription “Für Ausgezeichnete Leistungen im Technischen Dienst der Luftwaffe” (For Outstanding Merit in the Service of the Luftwaffe)

When the route of communication from the battalion command post to the assault companies was cut off by enemy action preventing evacuation of casualties and supply of ammunition

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Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Staghorn Grip Variant by Carl Eickhorn, c. 1942 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac illustrating a seated Bosnian soldier(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 39 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 24. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, topped by the firms classic squirrel logo