Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Bayonet, Long Version, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Medalla al Mérito Militar)

(Medalla al Mérito Militar)

FA 13 and FA 5b and is known as the unit commanded by Baron Manfred von Richthofen

marked on obverse with designer “E

the exterior mid-section bearing silver aluminum wire tresse

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Bayonet, Long Version, by Carl Eickhorn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Medalla al Mérito Militar)(Ordnungspolizei Seitengewehr fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Ordnungspolizei Officers dress bayonet, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 33 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 each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of CARL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN,