Original German WWI 12" Steel Hilt Ersatz Bayonet with Steel Scabbard & Leather Frog - Carter Type EB37 MG 42 rain and mud slowed AIS

rain and mud slowed AIS communications by hindering the mobility of motorcycle and Jeep couriers

It was an excellent support weapon

The Royal Marines also took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in 1918

The Cobray guns don't have this lever

Each line is 21 meters (69 feet) long

Original German WWI 12" Steel Hilt Ersatz Bayonet with Steel Scabbard & Leather Frog - Carter Type EB37 MG 42 rain and mud slowed AISOriginal Item: Only One Available. German WWI Ersatz bayonets with their original 12" blades are very hard to find today. The classic work by J. ANTHONY CARTER, GERMAN BAYONETS, VOLUME THREE published in 1992 is the complete work covering all types of WWI Ersatz bayonets and cherished by bayonet collectors everywhere. Anthony Carter's Reference EB37 appearing on Page 93 95 is the model we offer here, and it is definitely one of the less common