Description
the Orange Free State
in turn topped by a German State Crown
arriving in France and appointed Acting Sergeant on the 30th
The pommel is in the form of a Turks head knot
E2765 / Supplied by Australian War Memorial / Canberra
Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Sawback Variant, Unmarked Example GTRexclude the Orange Free State(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