Czechoslovakia, I Republic. A Balloon Unit Bayonet Newly Listed the reverse inscribed “Dem Frauenverdienst”

the reverse inscribed “Dem Frauenverdienst” (German - the Women’s Merit)

1915 and sailed May 4

" His circumstances were listed as "Shell shock and illness

They were similar to Germany’s Freikorps

chipping and crazing in the red enamels on both sides of the arm at 12 o'clock and the reverse of the arm at 3 o'clock

Czechoslovakia, I Republic. A Balloon Unit Bayonet Newly Listed the reverse inscribed “Dem Frauenverdienst”A rare and well preserved Czechoslovak Balloon Unit bayonet, measuring 425 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 290 mm long heavil patinated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip, sharpened lower edge, and with a fuller running the length of each side. The blade is unmarked and sits securely within an upper crossguard with insertion hole. Two pieces of dark brown wood comprise the handle grip, secured together with