Germany, Wehrmacht. An Etched Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn GTRexclude Footnote: The Verdun Commemorative Medal

Footnote: The Verdun Commemorative Medal was created on November 20

a flight instructor for the Portuguese Air Force and head of the Brazilian transport company Viação Aérea São Paulo (VASP)

Constructed of silver-grey machine-embroidered thread on a black wool background

in bronze (awarded for the victorious War against Austrian Empire)

multi-piece wool and rayon construction Kreis level leader’s armband

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Etched Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn GTRexclude Footnote: The Verdun Commemorative Medal(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Wehrmacht commemorative dress bayonet, measuring 350 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 200 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, with a fuller running approximately two thirds the length of each side. Acid etched onto the obverse of the blade is an acid etched stylized banner bearing an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (IN MEMORY OF