Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police Dress Bayonet visually-hidden In the book "The Indian

In the book "The Indian Corps in France"

the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with a single pebbled and green-painted button which emanates from the right flap and meets a single reinforced buttonhole on the left flap

gilt wear on the cypher

crinkled and creased

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police Dress Bayonet visually-hidden In the book "The Indian(Feuerschutzpolizei Bajonett). An extremely well preserved Feuerschutzpolzei (Fire Police) dress bayonet, measuring 40 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 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. Unmarked, it sits securely within a nickel plated alloy