Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police NCO’s Dress Bayonet Republic of 89 mm (h - inclusive

89 mm (h - inclusive of crown and horizontally pierced ball suspension

measuring 29 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) (inclusive of ribbon)

a Lothringen (Lorraine) badge

consisting of a hollow channel through which is looped an olive-drab canvas belt

1899 and served in the South Africa theatre with the 2nd Special Battalion

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police NCO’s Dress Bayonet Republic of 89 mm (h - inclusive(Feuerschutzpolizei Bajonett fr Unteroffiziere). A well preserved Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Police) NCOs dress bayonet, measuring 39. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A fuller runs the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. Stamped onto the obverse ricasso is a mark of