Germany, Wehrmacht. A Commemorative Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn certificate_of_authenticity maker marked with “AS” initial

maker marked with “AS” initial logo of Adolf Schwerdt

Wounded in January 1945

Presented in a red card stock binding

which would see him recommended by Lieutenant-Colonel W

one of the first two Oblates to come to the West

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Commemorative Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn certificate_of_authenticity maker marked with “AS” initial(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Heer commemorative dress bayonet, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. Acid etched onto the obverse is a stylized banner bearing an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (IN MEMORY OF MY