Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife by Gonon 41 with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 Manufacture Type_Original Items Streamer embroidered COTENTIN

Streamer embroidered COTENTIN

- Small vent holes with flattened tops

Instructions for releasing the pigeons are on a decal mounted to the inside lid

This lovely little brass mounted CAMEL carbine with short Gras bayonet was issued for "Colonial Service" indicted by the brass mounts was originally a needle fire Chassepot

(There is some circumstantial evidence to suggest that each gun was accompanied by several magazines

Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife by Gonon 41 with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 Manufacture Type_Original Items Streamer embroidered COTENTINOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the French WWI M1916 type 2 Fighting Knife, pattern 41 made by GONON, as marked on the blade ricasso. It comes complete with it's original blued steel scabbard. These are often called Le Vengeur de 1870 (The Avenger of 1870), in reference to the lost war against the Prussian Army in 1870. After the defeat of France in 1940 the Germans captured large quantities M1916's and these were