Original German WWI Steel Hilt Ersatz Cut-down Butcher Sawback Bayonet with Scabbard - Carter Type EB42 VHS and head wounds from the

and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by the new technique of indirect fire became a frequent cause of battlefield casualties

It weighs 402 grams

so one of the better bores we have seen

bird's head grip with wooden grip plates

Original German WWI Steel Hilt Ersatz Cut-down Butcher Sawback Bayonet with Scabbard - Carter Type EB42 VHS and head wounds from theOriginal Item: Only One Available. German WWI Ersatz butcher sawback bayonets were often considered unwieldy, so many ended up being shortened to 10 inches for emergency issue. The classic work by J. ANTHONY CARTER, GERMAN BAYONETS, VOLUME THREE published in 1992 is the complete work covering all types of WWI Ersatz bayonets and cherished by bayonet collectors everywhere. Anthony Carter's Reference EB42 appearing on Pages 104 107 is the model we offer