Long KS/98 Bayonet w/Single-Etched Blade & Frog. E. & F. Hörster Solingen, sword within "H" double-oval TM. A photograph of this etch pattern appears on page 181 upper of German Etched Dress Bayonets 1933-1945 by Wayne H. Techet as a decorative F. W. Höller etch not shown in the 1941 Höller catalog. This is probably another instance in which the Hörster firm contracted with F. W. Höller to produce an etched bayonet. Nickel-plated hilt fittings show surface wear/speckling primarily to edges of pommel and some spots lifting on spine and crossguard. Pommel slot is complete with red felt plug. Black bakelite grip plates have a few tiny chips/nicks to obverse right edge, but no cracks. Plated blade measuring 24.7cm in length grades Exc+ showing minor wear/runner marks with a few gray specks on ricasso and near obverse tip, but no nicks to cutting edge and is complete with original black leather blade buffer pad. Obverse blade features an etched pattern consisting of raised oak leaf accents bordering a flowing, 3-section ribbon motif inscribed with a standard remembrance inscription for service with, "Panzer Abw. 25. Kornwestheim." (Kornsestheim is just N of Stuttgart). Dent-free steel scabbard retains virtually 100% of the original black enamel showing only faint surface wear with no lifting or crazing. Black leather, quadruple-stitched frog grades Exc++/Near MINT with no rips or tears. Exc+ (24635) $650.