A Heer "In Memory Of My Service" Etched Bayonet By Carl Eickhorn, Solingen GTRexclude maker marked “Robert Neff

maker marked “Robert Neff

inscribed “Parole Heimat” (Our Motto is the Homeland)

An SS Long Service Award by Deschler

Embossed eagle and swastika insignia at the upper left

Footnote: Frank Scallon was born in 1877 in Dvaish

A Heer "In Memory Of My Service" Etched Bayonet By Carl Eickhorn, Solingen GTRexclude maker marked “Robert NeffThis fine bayonet features a 200 mm long nickel plated steel blade, magnetic, with a dull edge, remaining bright and crisp, with fullers on both sides, a diamond shaped end and having a very sharp tip. The obverse is acid etched with a flowing ribbon banner inscribed "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" (In Memory of My Service) surrounded by oak leaves, with Wehrmacht eagles at either end. It retains its crossgraining, in addition to mild scratches