Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, With Uncommon Distributor Mark Hold While minor age-appropriate material fatigue

While minor age-appropriate material fatigue is evident

South Africa 1901 (7217 PTE

marked “Otto Placzek

An eight pointed silver star featuring a hand filed

8 mm (w) x 57

Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, With Uncommon Distributor Mark Hold While minor age-appropriate material fatigue(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 345 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 200 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, and with fullers running the length of each side. It is unmarked with the exception of a distributor mark of HERTRA QUALITT on the reverse ricasso. The blade sits firmly within a one piece nickel plated alloy hilt, with the seam covered by a