Original WWI Austro-Hungarian Fighting Knife with Steel Scabbard by Heinr Zelinka Fusee Spring & Cover safety-catch moving on a long

safety-catch moving on a long external spring extending from below the wheel

It is marked on the side with maker code qlv

Various other leather straps and steel hooks are present and are used for attaching equipment and securing the saddle to a horse

and does look to have been issued in the field at some point

The catch on the left side of the barrel that keeps the breech from opening to far is intact and operational

Original WWI Austro-Hungarian Fighting Knife with Steel Scabbard by Heinr Zelinka Fusee Spring & Cover safety-catch moving on a longOriginal 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 12 3 4 inches overall, with a 7 7 8 inch spear point blade, which has a