Granny's Antiques & Fineries Multi Estate 8-5-18 Auction
Bidding starts: August 5, 2018 at
08:00 AM EDT
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Closing begins: August 5, 2018 at
02:00 PM EDT
Clearwater, FL
Auction Type: Live
Item # 329
Normandy, Omaha Beach Invasion Nazi K98 Bayonet War Souvenir
Bayonet, Scabbard & Frog found by PFC Milton George Leanes on a belly crawl up the incline of Omaha Beach June 7th 1944. This Bayonet and scabbard has matching numbers on them. 44 fnj / 9330 e. on ricasso and scabbard mouth.(Alez Coppel GmbH Solingen1942-1944) 3 waffen marks WaA519 one on finial and two on pommel. these items are in good condition with alot of original bluing. along with this is a signed letter from his son John Milton Leanes. copies of photos (one after the Normandy invation holding the bayonet) and a love letter sent home to his wife just before deployment to England for the GREAT INVATION. plus D-Day book-archive collection and wallchart