Original WWI Austro-Hungarian M1917 Fighting Knife with Steel Scabbard by Wlaszlovits Stósz Fusee Spring & Cover There is also a fitting

There is also a fitting for the addition of a long range sight

but in WWII they were simply a reality

showing the stiffener

and when it was later liberated

original straps and their original black japanned iron buckles

Original WWI Austro-Hungarian M1917 Fighting Knife with Steel Scabbard by Wlaszlovits Stósz Fusee Spring & Cover There is also a fittingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the rarely seen Austo Hungarian WWI Fighting Knife, complete with its original scabbard. These fighting knives were issued to troops of the Austro Hungarian Empire who fought alongside Germany during WWI. After WWI many were re used by Italian troops through to the end of WWII. The knife is 13 inches overall, with a 8 1 4 inch spear point blade, which has a full length bottom edge, with