Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A 1940 Enlisted Personnel Gaustadt Salzburg Dress Bayonet, By E. & F. Hörster Auction Archive maker marked “Erha-Wuppertal” in machine

maker marked “Erha-Wuppertal” in machine embroidery at seam

Ramcke and his unit were cut off from the German Panzer army

a Chief of the Air Staff Commemorative Coin (gold-coloured metal with red and navy blue enamels

58 mm (w) x 36

a Letter From the War Office in London (informing his parents in Johannesburg of their son's award of the Military Cross

Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A 1940 Enlisted Personnel Gaustadt Salzburg Dress Bayonet, By E. & F. Hörster Auction Archive maker marked “Erha-Wuppertal” in machine(Feuerschutzpolizei Bajonett). A well preserved Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Protection Police) dress bayonet, measuring 355 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 200 mm long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. A single fuller runs approximately two thirds of the length of each side of the blade. The obverse bears a detailed acid etched inscription of ZUM 25 JHRIGEN DIENSTJUBILUM DIE GAUSTADT