A Long Model Etched Wehrmacht Bayonet Auction in September 1939

in September 1939

Cornwallis on August 13

then invalided to England at York Military Hospital on May 7th

43mm (w) x 53

obverse illustrating the left-facing bust of Emperor Ferdinand I

A Long Model Etched Wehrmacht Bayonet Auction in September 1939Measuring 392 mm, with the scabbard on, this dagger features a 247 mm nickel plated steel blade, with unsharpened edges, remaining bright and crisp, and having a dull tip. It is engraved "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" (In Memory of my Service Period) on the blade on one side, flanked by a helmet on the left and Army eagle insignia on the right, with full length fullers on both sides. The blade's obverse ricasso has a nick near the end of the