The lock plate is also proofed with a lock viewer's mark
MUNSTER - 23 MARCH - INTENSE FLAK
The later n/A (neuer Art = new model) bayonets were made with a flashguard on the back of the trip
They do show the expected wear and oxidation from powder and primer fouling
while the other fittings are nickel plated
Original U.S. WWI USMC Wound Certificate, War Service Certificate, & French Citation in Original Shipping Tube - Belleau Wood Marine Edwin H Beltz 5th Regiment 2nd Division Japanese Militaria The lock plate is alsoOriginal Items. One of a Kind. This is an extremely scarce set of three documents including a Wound Certificate, Marine War Service Certificate, and French Citation certificate named to Corporal Edwin H. Beltz, 8th Company, 5th Regiment, USMC, 2nd Division. Beltz was wounded severely on October 4th, 1918, by a gunshot wound through both of his hands. The set comes in its original shipping tube addressed to Beltz, which is unbelievably scarce to find