Adler
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Sometimes it’s really crazy… The expectation, the thrill, the hunt, the kill and finally the throphy. That’s how it should be at a good militaria show!
But sometimes it’s different… The expectation, the thrill, the hunt and then the desilution because you don’t find any good stuff… but then… the extasy! The holy grail sits there on a guy’s table, just screaming “hey, I’m here, take me home!”…
The last happened with this uber rare trench knife. After walking arround for a few hours and finding nothing at all, this beast turned up in a plastic box with some bits and bobs… The seller said it was a transformed Demag trench knife-bayonet and someone had put wooden grips on it… Poker face on and getting a super deal!
As you can see in the last picture, it’s not an all steel Demag knife at all because the “cranck” of the handle just turns the other way. Some sources say it’s made by Demag (Duisburg), others say it’s produced by Firma Leopold (Gefrees) but at the end nobody can tell for sure.
On the few encountered knives of this type, only one has been seen with a crowned M (German Imperial Navy) but all the others have no stamps or acceptance marks.
Anyway, stamps or no stamps, this is a really rare German WW1 trench knife and I was the luckiest guy on the show that day!
Enjoy the pictures gentlemen!
Adler
But sometimes it’s different… The expectation, the thrill, the hunt and then the desilution because you don’t find any good stuff… but then… the extasy! The holy grail sits there on a guy’s table, just screaming “hey, I’m here, take me home!”…
The last happened with this uber rare trench knife. After walking arround for a few hours and finding nothing at all, this beast turned up in a plastic box with some bits and bobs… The seller said it was a transformed Demag trench knife-bayonet and someone had put wooden grips on it… Poker face on and getting a super deal!
As you can see in the last picture, it’s not an all steel Demag knife at all because the “cranck” of the handle just turns the other way. Some sources say it’s made by Demag (Duisburg), others say it’s produced by Firma Leopold (Gefrees) but at the end nobody can tell for sure.
On the few encountered knives of this type, only one has been seen with a crowned M (German Imperial Navy) but all the others have no stamps or acceptance marks.
Anyway, stamps or no stamps, this is a really rare German WW1 trench knife and I was the luckiest guy on the show that day!
Enjoy the pictures gentlemen!
Adler
