LongThird Reich Municipal Police Bayonet w/Double-TM. Weyersberg Kirchbaum & Cie Solingen, 3-line inscription & knight's helmet double-TM. Nickel-plated hilt fittings show superb detail to eagle head pommel and oak leaf embellished crossguard with surface wear/minor lifting to plating primarily to forward edge of pommel. Reverse crossguard is unmarked. Light honey gold stag horn grip plates are perfect with no cracks, chips or age, and are complete with Third Reich Police Eagle emblem properly pinned to the obverse plate. Grip plates show evidence of being cut down during refurbishing as there are vestiges of the the lower rivet holes adjacent to crossguard. Plated blade measuring 32.3cm in length grades EX+/EX++ showing light surface wear/runner marks and some eviedence of polishing towards tip where blade was shortened during the 1936/1937 time-frame. Spine of blade is Waffen-Amt marked and numbered "364". Blade is complete with black leather blade buffer pad. Black leather scabbard shows minor surface wear with one light crease approximately 1" above the lower scabbard fitting, but no rips, tears or damage to the reverse stitching. Nickel scabbard fittings show minor surface wear with two faint depressions to lower fitting, but no damage to the lower ball, and are complete with both retaining staples. Reverse upper scabbard fitting is stamped, "S. B. 10186." (Municipal Police property, administrative district Berlin, weapon number 10186" with the scabbard throat numbered "364" matching the blade.
EX+/EX++ (25411) $675. SOLD