Short KS/98 Bayonet w/Scarce Double-Etched Blade & Frog. E. Pack & Söhne, Solingen, Siegfried wielding hammer TM. Photographs of these etch patterns appear on pages 146 lower and 167 lower of German Etched Dress Bayonets 1933-1945 by Wayne H. Techet as E. Pack & Söhne pattern Nr. 6 Infanterie and military services motifs. Nickel-plated hilt fittings show light surface wear with loss of plating one tiny spot on the reverse crossguard and with original red felt plug in pommel slot. Black bakelite grip plates are perfect with no cracks or chips and complete with off-set grip screws as used by the Pack Firm. Plated blade measuring 20cm in length grades Exc++ showing light surface wear/runner marks, but no lifting or nicks to cutting edge. Obverse blade features a 5 ¾" long frosted etch panel with the standard remembrance of service time inscription in raised gothic letters flanked on the tip end by raised oak leaves, and adjacent to the ricasso the raised figure of an Infantry soldier in field uniform with helmet and rifle. The reverse blade features a 1 ¾" long frosted panel inscribed in block letters, "INF.REGT.71.mot." (Infantry Regiment 71, Motorized). Etched panels retain 100% of the gray background finish with superb detail to the Infantry soldier. Blade is complete with brown leather blade buffer pad. Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 60% of the original black enamel showing surface wear/crazing primarily to obverse shell. Black leather, double-stitched, frog grades Exc+/Exc++ showing light wear/age with no damage to the stitching. Research in Das Deutsche Heer 1939 reveals that Infantry Regiment 71, Motorized was garrisoned at Erfurt, approximately 95km SE of Leipzig as part of the 29th Infantry Division. Nice E. Pack example with SCARCE double-etched blade. Exc+ (24643) $895.