Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Dress Bayonet, By Alcoso GTRexclude (Reichsarbeitsdienst des weiblichen Jugend)

(Reichsarbeitsdienst des weiblichen Jugend)

Preliminary award document/acknowledgement

silver-framed cross centrepiece with ten old rose cut diamonds on a violet glass base

a Swedish Order of the Sword

Staff Sergeant Wallace McNeil would be the first man to enter the fortress

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Dress Bayonet, By Alcoso GTRexclude (Reichsarbeitsdienst des weiblichen Jugend)(Luftwaffe Bajonett). A well preserved Luftwaffe commemorative dress bayonet, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A wide fuller runs the majority of length of each side of the blade. Acid etched onto the obverse is an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME), flanked on the left by a