Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife Bayonet with Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn Restoration Materials This is a very interesting

This is a very interesting example of a crucial tool used to train soldiers in the art of Aerial Gunnery while in combat

The throat is a slightly different shape as is the collar beneath it

Prussia until he was liberated in April 1945

very colorful and ready to display

Normally these would be marked with all the manufacturer information across the top of the barrel

Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife Bayonet with Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn Restoration Materials This is a very interestingOriginal 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