Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Bayonet, Long Version, by Carl Eickhorn Auction Bretz joined the military on

Bretz joined the military on October 2

A 1939 Northeim Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorung Reichsarbeitstagung badge (16-18

and in Silver

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

in three grades: I Class

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Bayonet, Long Version, by Carl Eickhorn Auction Bretz joined the military on(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,