Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. GTRexclude with great bravery and determination

with great bravery and determination

(Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada do Valor

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 69th Battery

The Battalion was re-designated the "47th Western Ontario Battalion" in February 1918

number impressed "1527256" on the reverse

Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, By Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. GTRexclude with great bravery and determination(Heer Bajonett). A well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 355 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 200 mm long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened lower edge. Each side features a fuller, and the blade bears a makers mark near the reverse ricasso of WKC for Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. of Solingen, beneath the firms knights helmet logo. The blade sits securely within a one piece silvered zink