Thank you Billy & Hi John,
I'll work on getting some close up shots for you. Your photos are so good, are you using a light box? or diffused lighting? I found that reflections off the metal to be hard to photograph since it's so big a piece. Any advice?

I do have a question, the dress bayonets, were etched at the time of service right? not a "post service fantasy piece" Which is what someone said when we first tried another ww2 collectibles site to find more about the bayonet- which just didn't make any sense to me given denazification laws- Thank you everyone for your help on this, i'm so happy i found the right place/right people to help us.