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Bayonet
1944
Knife bayonet for a German 98K Mauser. It was discovered in a barn near the village of St. Mere-Eglise, France, where the American 82nd Airborne Division and stray men from the 101st Airborne Division battled against the Germans on D-Day. St. Mere-Eglise was one of the first French towns to be liberated from the Nazis.

Steel, plastic. L 39.1, W 4.1, T 2.0 cm
Eisenhower National Historic Site, EISE 12224.