Original WWI Swiss Model 1914 Pioneer Sawback Sword Bayonet by Schmidt-Rubin with Scabbard Japanese Replica making it a "transitional" model

making it a "transitional" model between the 1873 and 1884

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at the age of 17 in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis

One of the most famous of all the old Scottish Regiments that are remembered for their evacuation of Arden under Colonel Mitchell in the 1960\'s

We found references to this smith in online documents from Japan

Original WWI Swiss Model 1914 Pioneer Sawback Sword Bayonet by Schmidt-Rubin with Scabbard Japanese Replica making it a "transitional" modelOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of the Rare Swiss Model 1914 Pioneer Sawback Sword bayonet. This model was in use by Switzerland from 1914 until well into the 1950s, and is considered to be the very last model of bayonet from any Country to make use of a saw back blade. Based on the Vetterli Saw Back bayonet of 1878, used by both the Swiss and Italians, the steel mounted leather scabbard of the early 1914 production was