FRENCH WWI CHASSEPOT BAYONET CUT DOWN FIGHTING KNIFE

This is a French, Franco-Prussian war, cut-down 1866 Chassepot bayonet fighting knife. 

An interesting French Chassepot bayonet which has been officially cut down and reissued as a fighting knife in WW1.

The French government were struggling to provide their troops with sufficient quantities of fighting knives during the Great War, so stocks of old bayonets were simply converted and reissued.

Comes with random leather sheath not original to this knife.

The bayonet has a serial number / maker mark H 29877.