Original German WWI Private Purchase Bayonet Style Trench Fighting Knife by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie Rear Sight Assembly Nettuno had been bombed &

Nettuno had been bombed & shelled repeatedly since the squadron's arrival

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Original German WWI Private Purchase Bayonet Style Trench Fighting Knife by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie Rear Sight Assembly Nettuno had been bombed &Original Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an upmarket privately purchased fighting knife with scabbard, as used by the Germans in WWI. This design is very similar to the later 98K short dress bayonets. It has a "birds head" steel pommel, with a fully functional bayonet catch. The grips are checkered black bakelite, held on by dressed steel rivets. It also has the typical short "reversed" cross guard seen on most WW1 German