Germany, Heer. A Gebirgsjäger Commemorative Dress Bayonet, by Carl Eickhorn Republic of It continued to defend holdout

It continued to defend holdout pockets along the Atlantic Coast until the spring of 1945

2mm (w) x 82

suspended from a black cotton-blended strap bearing a central band of red threading within dual bands of silver aluminum wire

many of battle wounds

ambulances and the movement of sick and wounded within the American Expeditionary Forces to the United States during the period from January to July 1919

Germany, Heer. A Gebirgsjäger Commemorative Dress Bayonet, by Carl Eickhorn Republic of It continued to defend holdout(Heer Bajonett fr einen Gebirgsjger). A very well preserved Heer Gebirgsjgers commemorative dress bayonet, measuring 34. 4 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 20 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A narrow fuller runs the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL