Germany, Heer. A Pair of Dress Bayonets Province of China a Special Proficiency Trade Badge

a Special Proficiency Trade Badge (khaki and brown embroidery on brown wool

After the surrender of the Grenadiers of Sardinia division

The Military Merit Medal is often referred to as the "Signum Laudis" (Latin for "sign of praise") after the inscription on the reverse of the medal

Footnote: James Alexander Riddell was born in Edinburgh on 30 December 1885

dark patinas on the Second World War and Korea medals

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Dress Bayonets Province of China a Special Proficiency Trade Badge(Heer Bajonetten). A pair of Heer dress bayonets, including: 1. One measuring 35 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 20 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. A narrow fuller runs the majority of the length of the upper edge each side. The reverse ricasso bears a makers mark of ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN, circumscribing the firms classic