Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, by E. & F. Hörster visually-hidden 1918 and attached to No

1918 and attached to No

to parents Edward W

one year with the 95th Canadian Militia and eighteen months in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps

circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHNE” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE FLAG”)

marked by centre cartouche of I

Germany, Heer. A Dress Bayonet, by E. & F. Hörster visually-hidden 1918 and attached to No(Heer Bajonett). An extremely well preserved Heer dress bayonet, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 25 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A fuller runs the majority of the length of the upper edge of each side of the blade. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of E. U. F. HRSTER, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms monogram logo. It sits securely within a