Original WWI Austro-Hungarian Fighting Knife with Steel Scabbard & Belt Loop US Civil War with well-defined lands and grooves

with well-defined lands and grooves

Since then they have remained in storage

which is a solid way to tell the markings are quite old

Gothic initials

Original WWI Austro-Hungarian Fighting Knife with Steel Scabbard & Belt Loop US Civil War with well-defined lands and groovesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the rarely seen Austo Hungarian WWI Fighting Knife, complete with its original scabbard and leather belt loop. These fighting knives were issued to troops of the Austro Hungarian Empire who fought alongside Germany during WWI. After WWI many were re used by Italian troops through to the end of WWII. The knife is 13 inches overall, with a 8 inch spear point blade, which has a full length