Original French WWI Lebel M.1886 Nickel Handle Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Steel Scabbard Original Machine Gun Part Sets which looks to have seen

which looks to have seen light to moderate service during the war

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Ed Korzelius

5" barrel secured by only two steel barrel bands

often with uprated engines

Original French WWI Lebel M.1886 Nickel Handle Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Steel Scabbard Original Machine Gun Part Sets which looks to have seenOriginal Item: Only One Available. Known affectionately as Rosalie to French troops, the M1886 was the French mainstay during WWI and many were still in service at the Fall of France in 1940. The Lebel also saw extensive use worldwide by native troops in the French colonies. The M1886 introduced the distinctive cruciform "pe" blade, which remained a feature of most French bayonets until 1956. This was intended to create such a terrible wound that