Original German WWI Ersatz Bayonet with 12 inch Blade and Steel Scabbard - Carter Type EB3 Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns on 28 November 1872

on 28 November 1872

Probably dating to the 1870s or 1880s

Probably rates around 6-7 out of 10

as the parts for the 1873 and 1884 were for the most part identical

The Luftschutz decal is clean and 95% complete but has wear throughout

Original German WWI Ersatz Bayonet with 12 inch Blade and Steel Scabbard - Carter Type EB3 Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns on 28 November 1872Original 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