Complete with its original brass mounted leather scabbard which shows a bound leather repair from the period and the brass scabbard catch is partially missing which protrudes from under the hilt securing the cutlass into its scabbard
The former owner of more than 40 years insisted his Father had recovered this from one of the high class Airships that crossed the Atlantic between WW1 and WW2
and was emblazoned on the standards of the Roman legions
In nicely matured condition
The ear flaps were also secured in place on the lower edges by an elasticized strap that connected through the rear fiber neck guard to fasteners at the bottom of each ear flap
Original U.S. Pre-WWI Krag-Jørgensen M1892 Bayonet with Single Bolt Grip and Scabbard - dated 1902 Category_MG 42 Mounts Complete with its original brassOriginal Item: Only One Available. U. S. Krag Rifles are not particularly rare and neither are their knife bayonets, however here is something we've never seen before, or possibly just never noticed. At first glance it looks to be regular U. S. Krag M1892 Knife Bayonet, however it has ONLY ONE GRIP BOLT holding on the wood grips, which have never been cut for any more. These were made for the Springfield Model 189299 Krag Jrgensen rifles, some of
