Germany, Imperial. A Trench Knife, by Demag visually-hidden Buckle in fire gilded aluminum

Buckle in fire gilded aluminum

A certificate from butcher Paul Röhl (209x295mm

Awarded to soldiers for defending the fatherland

located between Kleve

returned to France in April and was promoted to Acting Flying Lieutenant in May 1918

Germany, Imperial. A Trench Knife, by Demag visually-hidden Buckle in fire gilded aluminum(Grabendolch). A well preserved trench knife fighting knife, measuring 28 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 16 cm long magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to the edges and tip. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of DEMAG, DUISBURG. It sits securely within an olive drab painted magnetic metal crank handle with a hollow insertion slot set into the pommel, in turn retaining a functional push