Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Dress Bayonet, with Frog and Portepee, by Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed 55 mm (w) x 57

55 mm (w) x 57

until December 18th

most of the men were transferred from these so called "German Regiments" into the new SS-Division

later participating in the invasion of Poland and rising to the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and commander of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking

oxidation evident on one plate

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Dress Bayonet, with Frog and Portepee, by Carl Eickhorn Newly Listed 55 mm (w) x 57(Ordnungspolizei Seitengewehr mit Koppelschuh und Portepee). An extremely well preserved Ordnungspolizei dress bayonet, measuring 39. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 26 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the tip. A narrow fuller runs the majority of the upper edge of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN,