Original French WWI Lebel M.1886 Nickel Handle Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Steel Scabbard Crimean War which has a wooden plug

which has a wooden plug in the bottom

they spotted four main design defects that they fixed with the 37500:

which is right around the time period this octant is from

Medal ribbons that include: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Original French WWI Lebel M.1886 Nickel Handle Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Steel Scabbard Crimean War which has a wooden plugOriginal 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