Wwi "Butcher" Bayonet To The 4Th Company certificate_of_authenticity War Merit Cross with Swords

War Merit Cross with Swords Second Class (with original award document as Generalleutenant)

First Class by R

Gilded and silvered on red cloth

Wooden handle fits relatively tight to the crossguards

white rayon tailors label

Wwi "Butcher" Bayonet To The 4Th Company certificate_of_authenticity War Merit Cross with SwordsWWI German Butcher Bayonet 1915 This bayonet features a 365 mm long steel blade, with a dull edge and sharp tip, the blade itself exhibiting light contact marks and scratches from active usage, plus extraction and return to the scabbard, full length fuller on both sides, maker marked "SIMSON & Co SUHL" on the ricasso, marked with the Imperial crown above a "W" (Wilhelm II), date marked "15" (1915), marked with a crown above an "RC" and a crown above a