Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife Bayonet by Nahkӓmpfer with Scabbard & Period-Repaired Grip German Afrikakorp and 3 overseas bars and

and 3 overseas bars and three overseas service bars on the left sleeve indicating 18+ months of overseas service

The sheath is overall is in good complete condition

132 and a heavy proof mark together with the A

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Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife Bayonet by Nahkӓmpfer with Scabbard & Period-Repaired Grip German Afrikakorp and 3 overseas bars andOriginal 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