Germany, Hj. A 1942 Wachgefolgschaft Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive 37 as an Orderly Officer

37 as an Orderly Officer

(Illustrated on page 570 of Angolia’s book)

Villa Encarnacion

overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cog wheel

Her forename is spelled "Hortense" on her award

Germany, Hj. A 1942 Wachgefolgschaft Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn Auction Archive 37 as an Orderly Officer(HJ Bajonett). An extremely well preserved HJ Wachgefolgschaft dress bayonet, measuring 405 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long polished magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened lower edge. A fuller runs the length of each side of the blade. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of H. J. WACHGEFOLGSCHAFT, while the reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN,