Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife with Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn Brown Bess Muskets In the display stand it

In the display stand it measures about 7 1/2"H x 3 5/8" W x 2 1/2"

it is however highly desirable that teams of rocketeers work in pairs

so that further shows the Italian connection

It appears to have been cast instead of milled

Original German WWI Private Purchase Dress Trench Fighting Knife with Scabbard by Carl Eickhorn Brown Bess Muskets In the display stand itOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very interesting Imperial German WWI era private purchase dress or fighting knife manufactured by Carl Eickhorn of Solingen. Its overall form closely follows the appearance of contemporary German walking out and dress bayonets, with a birds head pommel, checkered grips, short blade, and steel scabbard, but it lacks the functional mounting arrangement required for attachment to a rifle. This example has a