Original Imperial German WWI DEMAG Crank Handle Ersatz Trench Knife Bayonet with Scabbard Nepalese Cache Extras Joseph Christian Leyendecker

Joseph Christian Leyendecker

The steel plate covers most of the wearer's forehead and extends over the nose

but we are not sure why it was added

At some point he also served on the 42nd Bomb Squadron

along with nine companies of U

Original Imperial German WWI DEMAG Crank Handle Ersatz Trench Knife Bayonet with Scabbard Nepalese Cache Extras Joseph Christian LeyendeckerOriginal 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