Original British WWII Sten MkII Early Loop Stock Display Submachine Gun with Magazine & Sling British Militaria The scabbard of this bayonet

The scabbard of this bayonet is painted with information from where it was acquired:

Made of brass construction with full cloth and leather liner the helmet is wrapped with a leopard skin turban (actually printed cow skin)

Based on the Vetterli Saw Back bayonet of 1878

near Apremont in the Ardennes

Coast Guard also wore the same caps

Original British WWII Sten MkII Early Loop Stock Display Submachine Gun with Magazine & Sling British Militaria The scabbard of this bayonetOriginal Item: Only One Available. Think of The Bridge on the River Qwai. William Holden holding his MkII Sten and looking very grim. And how many other war movies do we remember where we remember the MkII Sten but not the actors? Probably quite a few. Not only was the Sten ubiquitous in movies and among Allied troops, but the German Army, of all people, eventually made numerous copies of it. Earlier, Otto Skorzeny, the famous head of Germanys