Germany, Imperial. A First World War Trench/Fighting Knife Newly Listed obverse illustrating a crowd of

obverse illustrating a crowd of armed civilians with soldiers of the French Guard firing their cannons at the Bastille in the background

CHISHOLM 31st regiment

Japan signed the Geneva Convention in 1886 and in the following year

marked on each side with a notch for the accommodation of a lid hinge

backed by emanating rays and framed within a square

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Trench/Fighting Knife Newly Listed obverse illustrating a crowd of(Erster Weltkrieg Grabendolch Kampfmesser). A well preserved First World War trench fighting knife, measuring 27. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The blade sits securely within a magnetic metal core and features a crossguard with a hooked quillon. The handle grip consists of two pieces of dark lacquered wood with ribbing carved into the centre