Germany, Heer. A Service Memory Dress Bayonet, By Ernst Pack & Söhne Auction Archive the obverse with a central

the obverse with a central medallion bearing an enameled coat of arms

one issued to Nicolaus Smigielski in 1941

loop marked “800”

According to Memorial Book (of The Dorset Military Museum)

worn and slightly hand vaulted

Germany, Heer. A Service Memory Dress Bayonet, By Ernst Pack & Söhne Auction Archive the obverse with a central(Heej Bajonett). Measuring 400 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and unsharpened edges. Each side of the blade has a fuller, while the obverse bears an acid etched inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME) in Fraktur script. The inscription is flanked by a depiction of a uniformed Heer soldier blowing a trumpet. The reverse