Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police NCO’s Dress Bayonet Republic of the reverse bearing a stamped

the reverse bearing a stamped purple ink Stahlhelm insignia circumscribed by an illegible inscription

which remains blank

a Lothringen (Lorraine) badge

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

Ellis and J

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police NCO’s Dress Bayonet Republic of the reverse bearing a stamped(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