Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife Bayonet with Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn French Flags which leaves the shoulder end

which leaves the shoulder end open

around a comfortable tapered grip

Offered in excellent display condition still retaining much of the heavy blue/black finish on the receiver

which means that this rifle is equipped with factory highly figured checkered stocks

the men were paid in marks for the first time

Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife Bayonet with Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn French Flags which leaves the shoulder endOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very interesting private purchase trench knife bayonet, the design of which very closely follows that of the Kurzes Seitengewehr M1898 05 Dress Bayonet, with the checkered bakelite grips & birds head pommel. Intended for use on the Mauser GEW 98 rifle, the bayonet design is based on the earlier M1871 84 bayonet with a 10 inch blade, and the first model of these were converted from those bayonets. This