Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife with Scabbard U.S. Badges The fore stock is an

The fore stock is an arsenal replacement

58 caliber from early in 1862 until the capture and destruction of the arsenal by Union forces under General W

The first case has the GOTT MIT UNS belt buckle symbol on the front

creating the National Legionary State

in disregard to the 88 fire

Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife with Scabbard U.S. Badges The fore stock is anOriginal 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. However, this example was never a bayonet, and the button is entirely stationary, without a piece that comes out on the other side, and without a recess for the bayonet lug to slide into. This example