Germany, Heer. A Heer Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn (Heer Bajonett) GTRexclude with a central maker’s mark

with a central maker’s mark of “Vinc

and was extended in 1860 to include civil merit

an unknown cross insignia

with maroon and beige embroidery

the top and bottom edges of the cufftitle are edged by machine woven silver braiding

Germany, Heer. A Heer Dress Bayonet, By Carl Eickhorn (Heer Bajonett) GTRexclude with a central maker’s markAn extremely well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 395 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 250 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and unsharpened edges, as well as a fuller on each side. The blade presents plain with the exception of a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms logo of a squirrel clutching a sword. The blade sits securely within a