Original French WWI Era M1892 Sword Bayonet and Scabbard For The 8mm Mannlicher-Berthier M1890 Carabine de Cavalerie (Cavalry Carbine) Field Gear We counted on billeting there

We counted on billeting there for the night

More frightning is that those days were a little more than 150 years ago

much of the original black leather head band remains to the interior and there is what appears to be the original maker's paper label dated 1834 inside the crown of the helmet

whose credited total of 352 shot down aircraft is unrivaled in history

The finish/color is "smooth gray-green" or "field-grau"

Original French WWI Era M1892 Sword Bayonet and Scabbard For The 8mm Mannlicher-Berthier M1890 Carabine de Cavalerie (Cavalry Carbine) Field Gear We counted on billeting thereOriginal Item: Only One Available. These were originally issued before the Great War and were designed to be for use with the Mannlicher Berthier Infantry Rifles. It is a somewhat standard sword type bayonet, with a single edged fullered blade. The pommel design however is definitely somewhat unique, designed for a bayonet lug that fits into a round hole in the pommel of the bayonet. This is an example of the second pattern, which has rivet retaining