Germany, Hj. A 1942 Wachgefolgschaft Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn Hold He returned to Fort Churchill

He returned to Fort Churchill for five weeks additional training on November 15th

near extremely fine with some scuffing

and at the bottom by a gilded bronze button

pinned with a magnetic metal button

Mellish of Cape Town

Germany, Hj. A 1942 Wachgefolgschaft Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn Hold He returned to Fort Churchill(HJ Bajonett). An extremely well preserved HJ Wachgefolgschaft dress bayonet, measuring 405 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long polished magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened lower edge. A fuller runs the length of each side of the blade. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of H. J. WACHGEFOLGSCHAFT, while the reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN,