Original German WWI Private Purchase Bayonet Style Trench Fighting Knife by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie Rear Sight Assembly Small buckles were provided to

Small buckles were provided to adjust the suspension

who formed a regiment of Hussar cavalry in the Prussian army commanded by Colonel von Ruesch

with limited patina and a touch of the original gilt retained

Gilbert and identifying him as a member of the 50th Parachute Infantry Regiment (most likely who he came home with)

Included is a very good sketch of a defeated Turkish Soldier dated 1916

Original German WWI Private Purchase Bayonet Style Trench Fighting Knife by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie Rear Sight Assembly Small buckles were provided toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an upmarket privately purchased fighting knife with scabbard, as used by the Germans in WWI. This design is very similar to the later 98K short dress bayonets. It has a "birds head" steel pommel, with a fully functional bayonet catch. The grips are checkered black bakelite, held on by dressed steel rivets. It also has the typical short "reversed" cross guard seen on most WW1 German