A Long Model Etched Wehrmacht Bayonet Auction 43mm (w) x 53

43mm (w) x 53

in September 1939

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

obverse illustrating the left-facing bust of Emperor Ferdinand I

Finely framed tintype

A Long Model Etched Wehrmacht Bayonet Auction 43mm (w) x 53Measuring 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