Original WWI Italian Brass Hilt Vetterli M1870/87/15 Rifle Carcano Blade Ersatz Bayonet with Scabbard British Field Gear Captain Sam Browne was serving

Captain Sam Browne was serving with the 2nd Punjab Irregular Cavalry

These units also provided heavy maintenance work for the advancing armies

They eventually assembled near Foucarville at the northern edge of the 101st Airborne's objective area

Ellsberg saw the Green Beret case

AH presented the survivors with the special wound badge as well as a unique award document

Original WWI Italian Brass Hilt Vetterli M1870/87/15 Rifle Carcano Blade Ersatz Bayonet with Scabbard British Field Gear Captain Sam Browne was servingOriginal Item: Only One Available. We have only ever had one of these before, and that was years ago. These are very unusual and consequently quite rare. Produced during WWI, these took a standard M 1891 Carcano Rifle Bayonet blade and mounted it into an all brass hilt in the form of the earlier Vetterli Bayonet Hilt. This allowed it to be fitted to the converted Vetterli M1870 87 15 Rifles in 6. 5mm Carcano for rear line use. Ersatz bayonets are