Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife by S.G.C.O. with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 Revolutionary War Percussion musket

Percussion musket

This rifle does not show much sign of being fired

The left rear plate is simply marked 7 x 50

In the 2nd half of 1944

and there is no damage of any type that we can see

Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife by S.G.C.O. with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 Revolutionary War Percussion musketOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the French WWI M1916 type 2 Fighting Knife, pattern 41 made by S. G. C. O., as marked on the blade ricasso. It comes complete with its original blued steel scabbard. These are often called Le Vengeur de 1870 (The Avenger of 1870), in reference to the lost war against the Prussian Army in 1870. After the defeat of France in 1940 the Germans captured large quantities M1916's and these