Third Reich Police Bayonet by Clemen & Jung, Solingen, and almost mint example with finely detailed top pommel in the form of the eagles head. Two piece stag horn grips with mint condition aluminium police eagle emblem to the centre of one side. Cross guard with oakleaves relief to the obverse, the reverse only has partial oakleaves and stamped ‘S.Br.l.1671. Housed in its original black leather scabbard with nickel plated fittings. Plain straight blade with fuller to the back edge. Reverse of the blade stamped with written details of the maker and obverse with maker symbol. Remains in extremely fine overall condition.Double trademark, blade is in near mint condition, extremely desirable piece in display condition from a well regarded marker.

On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new uniform regulations was the introduction of a standardized bayonet based on the earlier Prussian Landespolizei bayonet. The bayonet came in a un-slotted dress model and a “T” slotted service model.