This is the standard walking out bayonet of the Third Reich. There was a shorter version as well. The Eickhorn squirrel and sword mark are on the base of the blade. These were private purchase items, which the soldiers could wear when they were walking out from the barracks with their girls, etc.

This is the short model sidearm for the Feuerwehr, introduced about 1936, for wear by senior NCOs and was worn as a 'walking out' weapon, with a Feuerwehr portepee tied to the belt frog. The belt buckle would have been the standard Gott Mit Uns variety surrounding a marching swastika.

This is the knot for 4th Battalion, HQ company. The green strap always denotes staff units, the all green knot being for regimental HQ. These were worn both on the dress and combat bayonet pre-war and in the early war years.

The standard knot for WW2, the yellow/red colours indicating 3rd Battalion,10th Company. The grey strap and ball indicate 'teeth' companies in an infantry regiment. This was worn on both dress and combat bayonets pre-war and in the early war years.

The standard knot for WW2, the blue/red colours indicating 8th Company, 2nd Battalion. The grey strap and ball indicate 'teeth' companies in an infantry regiment. It was worn on both dress and combat bayonets pre-war and in the early war years.

This is rarer than the war time Third Reich bayonet knot. It is 20% smaller than the later examples and the colour of the strap and base of the knot are a light grey/off white, whereas the later examples are a darker grey in both cases. These knots were worn to distinguish company and battalion numbers within a regiment.

The green knots were only worn by battalion headquarter staff of the German regiments, with varying colours to indicate which battalion. The green and red indicates the 14th company of the 4th battalion, a training company attached to the staff. Solid green (ie without red), perhaps the rarest, was worn by regimental headquarter personnel.

This was carried on the bayonet frog of the Third Reich army and the colours denoted the company and the battalion within the regiment. This came recently from a tailor's shop in Germany. Worn by ordinary soldiers, especially on the walking out bayonets, in the early years of the war these knots were even worn on the combat bayonets in the field.