Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Dress Bayonet, By Alexander Coppel consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the diamond and rubies intact

the diamond and rubies intact

addressed to Major Barwick

von Bernuth briefly served with the Freikorps before returning to military service with the Reichswehr on 1 October 1919

the cockade is flanked by a yellow waffenfarbe soutache

Footnote: 104 Boatman A

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Dress Bayonet, By Alexander Coppel consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the diamond and rubies intact(Ordnungspolizei Bajonett). An extremely well preserved Ordnungspolizei dress bayonet, measuring 47 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 33 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of each side of the blade. The obverse ricasso is maker marked with the logo of Alexander Coppel, Solingen, while the reverse ricasso bears an additional full