Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 German Badges & Signs fitted with the correct Buffington

fitted with the correct Buffington rear sight and original Saddle Ring and Bar on the left hand side of the wood stock

This example is in near mint condition

It is embossed with JHS and the underside of the sweatband is marked size 59 with a 1941 date

firing of the guns and a few pictures of aircraft that were collocated with the regiment

Merchant Marine ships with deck guns had United States Navy Armed Guard to man the guns

Original French WWI M1916 Type 2 Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Le Vengeur de 1870 German Badges & Signs fitted with the correct BuffingtonOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the French WWI M1916 type 2 Fighting Knife, which is unmarked on the blade ricasso. It comes complete with it's original painted 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 were then used in