Original WWI Swiss Model 1914 Pioneer Sawback Sword Bayonet by Waffenfabrik Neuhausen with Scabbard Antique Colts The Prime Minister first announced

The Prime Minister first announced the force as the North West Mounted Rifles

with the Austro-Hungarian Empire facing collapse and defeat in the war

both superimposed over over a background sunburst

It shows just a bit of overall wear from use

Original WWI Swiss Model 1914 Pioneer Sawback Sword Bayonet by Waffenfabrik Neuhausen with Scabbard Antique Colts The Prime Minister first announcedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good example of the Rare Swiss Model 1914 Pioneer Sawback Sword bayonet. This model was in use by Switzerland from 1914 until well into the 1950s, and is considered to be the very last model of bayonet from any Country to make use of a saw back blade. Based on the Vetterli Saw Back bayonet of 1878, used by both the Swiss and Italians, the steel mounted leather scabbard of the early 1914 production was soon