Original Rare German WWI Mauser S-15 Gottcho Seitengewehr 15 Bayonet with Wraparound Grip & Steel Scabbard Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The original leather blade buffer

The original leather blade buffer is missing from the base of the blade

and has no other markings

The development of field telephone equipment started in the late 19th century and by the time of the First World War the basic design features of field telephones were well established with the ArmeeFernsprecher Alter Art and the later FF 16 and 17 models

but we aren’t sure when the frame would have been put together

The National Federation of Deportees and Internees of the Resistance

Original Rare German WWI Mauser S-15 Gottcho Seitengewehr 15 Bayonet with Wraparound Grip & Steel Scabbard Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The original leather blade bufferOriginal Item: Only One Available. At the outset of WWI, many countries found themselves ill equipped for the long term conflict, as both men and arms were rapidly depleted by trench warfare. Due to this, Germany started making many Ersatz (replacement) Bayonets, designed to fit the Mauser rifle. These were sometimes crudely made new items, or more often were re worked swords and longer bayonets from the past. Additionally, the great need caused some