Original WWI Italian Brass Hilt Vetterli M1870/87/15 Rifle Carcano Blade Ersatz Bayonet with Scabbard British Field Gear Jacket is a size 38

Jacket is a size 38

so it's possible it was folded up and kept with the soldier as a good luck charm

Ellsberg saw the Green Beret case

a German force of about 250 fighter aircraft intercepted 1

Original WWI Italian Brass Hilt Vetterli M1870/87/15 Rifle Carcano Blade Ersatz Bayonet with Scabbard British Field Gear Jacket is a size 38Original Item: Only One Available. We have only ever had one of these before, and that was years ago. These are very unusual and consequently quite rare. Produced during WWI, these took a standard M 1891 Carcano Rifle Bayonet blade and mounted it into an all brass hilt in the form of the earlier Vetterli Bayonet Hilt. This allowed it to be fitted to the converted Vetterli M1870 87 15 Rifles in 6. 5mm Carcano for rear line use. Ersatz bayonets are