Original Austrian WWI Mannlicher M1895 Rifle Bayonet by ŒWG Steyr with Sight on Muzzle Ring & Scabbard Italian Flags Original Item: Just a very

Original Item: Just a very few found in a carton in the warehouse

The peak / visor is black patent leather over a fiber support

The excellent bakelite case with working spring loaded closure strap is also maker marked internally at the base

It began operations in April 1944 with an attack on a cement factory in Split

The Seppa (spacers) around the tsuba are large and highly stylized

Original Austrian WWI Mannlicher M1895 Rifle Bayonet by ŒWG Steyr with Sight on Muzzle Ring & Scabbard Italian Flags Original Item: Just a veryOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Austrian made NCO bayonet for the Mannlicher Model 1895 straight pull bolt action Rifle, which was the principal Rifle of the FIRST WORLD WAR for the Austrian Empire. The M1895 bayonet was the first knife bayonet to feature an inverted blade profile, where cutting edge faces upward when fixed. This particular example is interesting in that it has a front sight fitted on top of the bayonet