WWII GERMAN POLICE DRESS BAYONET By E & F HORSTER
WWII German Police Dress Bayonet. Single edged, bright blade with fuller. Maker marked by E&F Horster Solingen on the ricasso. Nickel-silver plated, decorated hilt. “S.W.I. 549.” stamped on the guard. Stag horn grips with German police insignia applied to one grip. Eagle head pommel. Black leather scabbard with steel fittings and leather frog. Blade Length: 13″ | Total Length: 17 5/8″

Condition Report
Very good. Blade has light pitting, oxidation and ground marks near the tip as commonly seen on these “cut down blade” examples.

On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer – SS 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.