In my experience with buying fireman bayonets, I've seen knots tied in any manner of ways including the style you show in your picture. I believe that tie is more appropriate for a military knot rather than civil like the Feuerwehr or Polizei which were slightly different. It doesn't matter since that's a beautiful example of patent leather dress frog & wonderfully conditioned fire knot. Thank you for showing them!


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