Original Imperial German WWI British-Captured Trench Fighting Knife Named to Killed in Action Soldier Thomas Pritchard, Welsh Regiment Technical Books with only about 50 remaining

with only about 50 remaining unwounded of the original 700 who entered the battle

It would then explode after a fixed time

The two-piece mottled reddish-brown Bakelite grips are in excellent condition

the German Bundeswehr (English: Federal Armed Forces) continued to call their standard helmet Stahlhelm

Original Imperial German WWI British-Captured Trench Fighting Knife Named to Killed in Action Soldier Thomas Pritchard, Welsh Regiment Technical Books with only about 50 remainingOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a very interesting original Imperial German trench fighting knife which appears to have been captured by a British soldier, Thomas Pritchard, who was later killed in action. One of the grips were worn down, with the inscribed text: T. PRITCHARD NO. 58617 This name and regimental number identifies the knife to Private Thomas Pritchard, 14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, who was killed in action on August 23rd, 1918 at