Original French WWI Lebel M.1886/93/07/16 Rare Steel Handle Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Scabbard Category_Snider Rifle Accessories and only a small bend

and only a small bend near the tip prevents it from being excellent

with very minimal fading to the orange field

complete with its brass Eagle Plate

The menuki (grip decorations) on this wakizashi are brass

The new breech loading action is all of brass and bears many stamps and numbers

Original French WWI Lebel M.1886/93/07/16 Rare Steel Handle Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Scabbard Category_Snider Rifle Accessories and only a small bendOriginal Item: Only One Available. Known affectionately as Rosalie to French troops, the M1886 was the French mainstay during WWI and many were still in service at the Fall of France in 1940. The Lebel also saw extensive use worldwide by native troops in the French colonies. The M1886 introduced the distinctive cruciform "pe" blade, which remained a feature of most French bayonets until 1956. This was intended to create such a terrible would that