Germany, Heer. A Heer Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn (Heer Bajonett) GTRexclude and photographs belonging to Karl-Heinz

and photographs belonging to Karl-Heinz Schultenjohann

Gold-coloured metal

with maroon and beige embroidery

(Königliche kronen-Orden IV

with a central maker’s mark of “Vinc

Germany, Heer. A Heer Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn (Heer Bajonett) GTRexclude and photographs belonging to Karl-HeinzAn extremely well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 395 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, as well as a fuller on each side. The blade presents plain with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. The blade sits securely within a