Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A 1940 Enlisted Personnel Gaustadt Salzburg Dress Bayonet, By E. & F. Hörster Auction Archive 10 June 1945 GIVEN UNDER

10 June 1945 GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON THIS 1st DAY OF March 1949"

58 mm (w) x 36

1916 with a case of "diarrhoea" but returned to duty on the 13th

maker marked “Erha-Wuppertal” in machine embroidery at seam

Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A 1940 Enlisted Personnel Gaustadt Salzburg Dress Bayonet, By E. & F. Hörster Auction Archive 10 June 1945 GIVEN UNDER(Feuerschutzpolizei Bajonett). A well preserved Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Protection Police) dress bayonet, measuring 355 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 200 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A single fuller runs approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. The obverse bears a detailed acid etched inscription of ZUM 25 JHRIGEN DIENSTJUBILUM DIE GAUSTADT