Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Bayonet, Long Version, by Carl Eickhorn Auction He was from the Shanandoah

He was from the Shanandoah Valley in Virginia and originally joined the 116th Infantry Regiment in the 1930s

Bretz joined the military on October 2

8-FEB-1937" at the right and engraver marked "AFFER" below the bust

then drafted in July of that year to the Submarine Depot Ships H

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Bayonet, Long Version, by Carl Eickhorn Auction He was from the Shanandoah(Ordnungspolizei Seitengewehr fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Ordnungspolizei Officers dress bayonet, measuring 48 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 33 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of the length of each side of the blade. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of CARL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN,