GERMAN WWI ADAPTED FIGHTING KNIFE.

A highly unusual fighting knife with a standard blade in excellent condition. The hilt is a miniaturised version of the model 1898 02 and 05 bayonet, complete with its slotted bayonet system and sprung loaded fitting button. The nose of the pommel is flat, the cross guard also a percentage smaller than the standard size. Wood grips with one central rivet. Whether this is a display piece or some form of prototype we have been unable to identify. It is with a scabbard, which we do not believe to be the original to it, the proportion of the scabbard at its top would seem to be slightly larger in proportion to the hilt itself, nevertheless it is a rare scabbard with its own miniaturised frog fitting lug. An interesting piece for continuous research.

Code: 89272