Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Accessories

(Zubehör). A mixed lot of three accessories, including:

1 A Heer dress bayonet, measuring 40 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard, featuring 25.5 cm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge, with a fuller running the majority of the length of each side of the blade, the reverse ricasso bearing a stamped maker’s mark of “CARL JULIUS KREBS, SOLINGEN” circumscribing the company’s monogram logo, the blade sits within a one-piece nickel-plated non-magnetic metal alloy hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel facilitating a secure grip, the pommel with a hollow insertion slot retaining a red wool inset and with a functional push-button spring release, the handle grip composed of two pieces of pebbled black bakelite secured together with two magnetic metal rivets, accompanied by its period original scabbard, constructed of a black painted magnetic metal shaft, with a downward-pointing hook emanating from the side of the shaft for the accommodation of a frog, the latter included and consisting of a strip of pressed blackened leather stitched into a loop for belt suspension, the bayonet demonstrating some loosening of the structure affecting the blade and handle grip and with some age-appropriate material fatigue visible to the leather frog, in overall very fine condition.

2. An NSDAP member’s armband, constructed of red cotton, the exterior bearing a central white cotton disc overlaid by a dyed black swastika, unmarked, unstitched and measuring 40 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h) when presented on a flat surface, with minor soiling evident, in near extremely fine condition.

3. A set of British-issued Second World War field spectacles, constructed of a metal frame with rounded lenses and malleable arms, the interior of the frame stamped with marks of “D” and “W.O.C.”, each lens measuring 42 mm in diameter, accompanied by their period original storage case, constructed of a magnetic metal frame with a faux black leather exterior liner, the interior lined with black felt, retaining a label bearing instructions for wear with a gas mask, in additional to a label formerly bearing an owner’s name, the case measuring 135 mm (w) x 62 mm (h), the spectacles’ left lens has been cracked and the exterior liner demonstrates wear throughout the hinge, in very fine condition.