Original German WWI Ersatz Bayonet with 12 inch Blade and Steel Scabbard - Carter Type EB3 German Helmets & Hats Nice fieldgrey painted steel construction

Nice fieldgrey painted steel construction box buckle with a pebbled background

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Complete in its original leather covered field scabbard with sword carrier leather frog for use with the Sam Browne Officer's Belt assembly

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Original German WWI Ersatz Bayonet with 12 inch Blade and Steel Scabbard - Carter Type EB3 German Helmets & Hats Nice fieldgrey painted steel constructionOriginal item: Only One Available. Using J. ANTHONY CARTER'S marvelous German Ersatz Bayonets book as a reference, this bayonet type appears on page 19 and is referenced as EB3. ERSATZ means "FAKE" in German when applied to a noun like ERSATZ COFFEE, that were not made from Coffee beans but some root vegetable but tasted somewhat similar. Ersatz bayonets were Emergency bayonets manufactured usually all of steel or with brass that could fit, with very