Original WWI Ersatz Bayonet made using British Type P-1853 Blade and Carter Type EB47 Hilt Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns shoulders and elbows remain solid

shoulders and elbows remain solid with no issues and the leather remains thick and soft

the most interesting aspect is an engraved oval brass plaque on the right side of the butt stock that reads:

Iowa on 7 April 1926

engine telegraphs

“After you leave the aircraft

Original WWI Ersatz Bayonet made using British Type P-1853 Blade and Carter Type EB47 Hilt Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns shoulders and elbows remain solidOriginal Item: Only One Available. These bayonets are generally believed to have been manufactured in Belgium during WWI, and then sold to CHINA. Please see See Watts and White THE BAYONET BOOK pages 49 and 50. The bayonet features a two piece stamped Carter Type EB 47 steel hilt mounted to 16 1 2 inch British type P 1853 triangular socket bayonet blade. The bayonet measures 21 1 2 inches overall length and features a full muzzle ring. Said to fit