Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Staghorn Grip Variant by Carl Eickhorn, c. 1942 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Osiris (1936)

Osiris (1936)

measuring 42 mm (w) x 12 mm (h)

illustrating a seated Bosnian soldier wearing his fez

When the route of communication from the battalion command post to the assault companies was cut off by enemy action preventing evacuation of casualties and supply of ammunition

Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, Staghorn Grip Variant by Carl Eickhorn, c. 1942 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Osiris (1936)(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 39 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 24. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, topped by the firms classic squirrel logo