Original German WWII Etched Artillery Short Dress Bayonet by E. & F. Hörster with Frog and NCO Troddle Knot No Return There is some plating bubbling

There is some plating bubbling

Headband H B

It is marked on the lower front AM 10-53 which indicates production in October 1953

having been in a private World War One collection which was first established in the 1920s

The wet ropes were slippery and soldiers were weighed down by damp uniforms and  mud clinging to their clothes

Original German WWII Etched Artillery Short Dress Bayonet by E. & F. Hörster with Frog and NCO Troddle Knot No Return There is some plating bubblingOriginal Item: Only One Available. The K 98 dress bayonet was a dress version of the combat style, and was worn by enlisted and NCO personnel for dress and parade occasions. The bayonets were finished with a high quality nickel plating, with stag grip plates and black painted scabbard. The choice of blade length was left to the purchaser, being nickel plated short or long version. There was usually a red or green colored felt insert in the rifle slot