Germany, Heer. A Commemorative Service Bayonet, with Infanterie-Regiment 79 Dedication, by Anton Wingen Jr. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 5 mm overall

5 mm overall

both with a pinback

Obverse centre medallion of two gold men shaking hands with blue enamel sky encircled with “Daughters of the Founders & Patriots of America 1607-1898”

featuring a facsimile signature of General Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf

and an array of black-and-white images

Germany, Heer. A Commemorative Service Bayonet, with Infanterie-Regiment 79 Dedication, by Anton Wingen Jr. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 5 mm overall(Heer Erinnerungs Bajonett). A rare and well preserved Heer commemorative service 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. The obverse bears an acid etched inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE