WW1 1914-1915 Imperial German Soldier’s Feldzug (Campaign / War) Private Purchase Fighting / Trench Knife With Stag Antler Hilt German Silver Fittings Etched Blade & Scabbard With Integral Belt Loop. Sn 22434:16 Knive

WW1 1914-1915 Imperial German Soldier’s Feldzug (Campaign / War) Private Purchase Fighting / Trench Knife With Stag Antler Hilt German Silver Fittings Etched Blade & Scabbard With Integral Belt Loop. Sn 22434:16 - 22434:16

An original German WW1 Feldzug Fighting / Trench Knife and scabbard, these private purchase weapons came in many variants offered in large quantities in period mail order catalogues such as Almas an outdoor pursuits company that sold hunting equipment as well as out of service surplus weapons (see pages 9 & 38 (for Feldzug etched examples) of German Combat Knives By Mery). The knife has a clean 5 ¾” long single edged leaf shaped blade. One side of the blade is crisply etched ‘1914 Feldzug 1915’. In English Feldzug means campaign and in other contexts means war. It has an overall length of 10 ¼”. The hilt is solid Stag Antler bone. The hilt has a ribbed German silver pommel cap and ribbed German silver ferrule above its re-curving brass finger guard. It is complete with its leather covered light alloy scabbard. The throat of the scabbard is fitted with integral leather frog which has a single belt loop original metal scabbard painted black which has a leather belt loop riveted to it. The leather of the scabbard is either 2 tone light brown, dark brown or has lost some of its dark colour over time. The price for this WW1 trench fighting knife includes UK delivery. Sn 22434:16

£295.00