Original Imperial German WWI DEMAG Crank Handle Ersatz Trench Knife Bayonet with Scabbard - Missing Belt Loop French Edged Weapons The stock is solid

The stock is solid

brightest only where the scabbard covers the cross-guard

and the rear "skirt" is much easier to deal with

All in all a MUSEUM QUALITY example which we received from probably the foremost expert on Islamic and Ethnographic weapons inside the United States that had originated from a truly magnificent Collection

as well as multiple regimental marks

Original Imperial German WWI DEMAG Crank Handle Ersatz Trench Knife Bayonet with Scabbard - Missing Belt Loop French Edged Weapons The stock is solidOriginal Item: Only One Available. A very recognizable but nevertheless a very scarce original German WWI bayonet. This is an original Imperial German Aufpflanzbarer Grabendolch or Fixable Trench Knife Bayonet, often referred to by collectors as the DEMAG. These have been reproduced in India and elsewhere, but never matching the quality of this original German first world war production. The bayonet has a short double edged dagger blade of 6", marked