Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Service Bayonet, with Engraving, by Gustav Spitzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Gürtelschnalle)

(Gürtelschnalle)

The sidewalls and dome are lined in emerald green felt

and '1801' has also been contemporarily engraved on clasp facing and reverse of exergue

through to his electoral victories in the early 1930s

the son of Major Henry Bingham Baring and Lady Augusta Brudenell

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Service Bayonet, with Engraving, by Gustav Spitzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Gürtelschnalle)(Luftwaffe Bajonett). A well preserved Luftwaffe commemorative service bayonet, measuring 39 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. Wide fullers run the majority of the top edge of each side of the blade. Notably, the obverse bears an acid etched inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (IN