Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Sawback Variant, Unmarked Example Archive Crown Stickpin (bronze gilt with

Crown Stickpin (bronze gilt with red enamels

the cartouche denotes the maker C

The entrance wound was through the right buttock

and entered military service the same year

Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Sawback Variant, Unmarked Example Archive Crown Stickpin (bronze gilt with(Heer Sgercken Bajonett). An interesting Heer dress bayonet, measuring 40. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip and lower edge, and which features a serrated sawback spine. Unmarked, the blade sits securely within a nickel plated magnetic metal hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel, and with an intact red wool buffer pad