Description
obverse depicts a cross pattée with central swastika circumscribed by Schlageter Gedächtnis-Bund e
His brother Alfred who had served in the Luftwaffe was killed in action one day earlier
5 cm (w) x 16 cm (h)
7mm(height)
Hepburn1/Cam
Germany, Imperial. An Ersatz Combat Bayonet, C.1918 Archive obverse depicts a cross pattée(Bajonett). A well preserved ersatz (substitute) combat bayonet, measuring 46 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 31. 5 cm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The blade sits securely within a one piece magnetic metal hilt with an open top muzzle guide and hollow insertion slot with a functional push button spring release. The reverse of the muzzle guide bears a stamped letter W topped