Original Italian M1871/1915 Vetterli Rifle Shortened Bayonet by Turin Arsenal with Scabbard German Military Maps First Prize

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This brass massive cigarette lighter was recovered after the Capture of U-570 on August 27th 1941 by a British Lockheed Hudson Light Bomber Air Craft of Squadron 269

Tempered high carbon blade

The pack also still retains the original SS RZM label inside

Original Italian M1871/1915 Vetterli Rifle Shortened Bayonet by Turin Arsenal with Scabbard German Military Maps First PrizeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This very early Vetterli bayonet started life with a long 20" plus blade, with the long spring for the bayonet catch, and without the cut out lower muzzle ring that was introduced in 1875 indicated by Anthony Carter in his work World Bayonets 1800 to the Present. This example also still has its original composition grip scales. However, it was later modified in the WWI era from the Model 1870 issue to the Model of