Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife by Gonon 41 with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 Category_MG 42 Accessories indicating that the barrel was

indicating that the barrel was reconditioned and sleeved at arsenal due to wear from the very hot and corrosive Ballistite Loaded ammunition used early on

It became obsolete in 1918 with the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Military Issue Transit Crate which originally contained an M202A1 Rocket Launcher

The included model FE42 filter can has all original ink & paint stamps present

There is still the "ghost" of a cartouche on the bottom of the right grip scale

Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife by Gonon 41 with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 Category_MG 42 Accessories indicating that the barrel wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the French WWI M1916 type 2 Fighting Knife, pattern 41 made by GONON, as marked on the blade ricasso. It comes complete with it's original painted steel scabbard. These are often called Le Vengeur de 1870 (The Avenger of 1870), in reference to the lost war against the Prussian Army in 1870. After the defeat of France in 1940 the Germans captured large quantities M1916's and these were