Police School Police Bayonet by Eickhorn

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Municipal “Cut-Down” - Seitengewehr für Polizei by Eickhorn. The plated blade on this one looks great! It retains a nice and bright mirror like finish along with a perfect fit and sharp “Cut-Down” tip. The blade is proof stamped to the spine. The blade rates a solid NM. The black (municipal) leather scabbard body looks great! It has minor scuffs yet retains a nice finish. It continues to retain all of its stitching. The four vertical lines running through it giving it that finishing touch of German detail. The nickel-silver based plated scalloped scabbard fittings remain in excellent condition, matching the hilt in color and patina. Both staples, frog lug and throat retaining screw remain intact. The scabbard is clearly marked “P.BD.230.” (Polizeiscule Branddenburg a.d.H.) exactly matching the crossguard. The solid nickel hilt depicts wonderful burnished detail throughout, with the oak leaves, acorns and highly detailed pommel eagle. The multi-toned stag grip plates are tightly secured with two aluminum rivets. The centrally placed first pattern aluminum police eagle is properly pined and retains nice detail. Nice ly finishing this is a Police marked frog. The frog is ripper at the bayonet lug. An excellent police bayonet! The majority of these "cut down" police bayonets were constructed for the Weimar period and originally fitted with a 17" blade, a clamshell device on the obverse & a Weimar star grip emblem. In July 1936, the police agencies were centralized into one organization. With the new regulations these bayonets had their blades ground down to 13", the grips were shortened (which explains the odd grip holes that are frequently but not always seen on these bayonets, sometimes filled with wax, sometimes not) and the Weimar grip emblems were replaced with the police Third Reich emblem.