Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flying Troops Commemorative Bayonet, by Carl Eickhorn Hold arriving in England on May

arriving in England on May 29th and was taken on strength as Chiseldon

in slightly used condition

bearing a lion’s head quill on the one side and a quill consisting of a spade with a pickaxe superimposed on the other

Maker Marked V -  Silver frame

1885 was created Viscount Wolseley

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flying Troops Commemorative Bayonet, by Carl Eickhorn Hold arriving in England on May(Fliegertruppe Bajonett). An interesting Luftwaffe Flying Troops commemorative bayonet, measuring 39. 5 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. The obverse bears an acid etched inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT BEI