Landesschützen Bataillon 605 Dedicated Long Bayonet Auction Right Honourable William Beckford

Right Honourable William Beckford

8 and the cattle and agricultural implements provided for in that Treaty will not be of great use owing to the non-agricultural character of the country

the Battalion was absorbed into the 3rd Reserve Battalion and was disbanded September 15

who began the month of May 1915 in the trenches at Picantin and by the 4th

Ahr Valley - Gau Koblenz-Trier Tinnie - Aluminum

Landesschützen Bataillon 605 Dedicated Long Bayonet Auction Right Honourable William BeckfordLandesschtzen Bataillon 605 Dedicated Long Bayonet Nickel plated hilt fittings show heavy use, and some damage (probably due to poor storage); stag grip plates are in good condition, with no cracks or chips. Plated blade is shiny and bright, and grades very fine plus; it is engraved on one side "Zur Errinerung an die 2. kp. B. 605"; blade is further marked, with maker's logo of E. & F. Hrster Solingen (sword within "H" double oval trade mark);