Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet by Rock Island Arsenal with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1917 Martini-Henry Rifles for the legendary ERMA-Erfurter Maschinenfabrik

for the legendary ERMA-Erfurter Maschinenfabrik B

the Gold Star became a symbol for mourning the fallen

The later M1917A1 model had a square corner and a cloth strap handle on top

provided that the mitten was a size larger than would normally have been worn

and the liner has degraded over time

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet by Rock Island Arsenal with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1917 Martini-Henry Rifles for the legendary ERMA-Erfurter MaschinenfabrikOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1917, originally made during the WWI period for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.