Original French Modèle 1890 Gendarmerie Carbine Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Steel Scabbard Japanese Marines It features a leather three

It features a leather three pad leather liner similar to the German WW1 helmet and to the front displays a truly impressive large gilt/brass Police Helmet Badge of a CROWN over an oval containing THREE CROWNS and a variant pair of crossed ROMAN FASCES (a bundle of rods bound bound together with a protruding axe head as a symbol of Authority)

The "long wrist" is preserved very nicely

The first holster is a black hardshell holster for the P08 Luger

Involved a tour on a Chinese Houseboat from Shanghai down the SooChow Creek to SooChow

The muzzle fitting however is still marked

Original French Modèle 1890 Gendarmerie Carbine Cruciform Épée Bayonet with Steel Scabbard Japanese Marines It features a leather threeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a French cruciform pe bayonet, designed for the Mannlicher Berthier Modle 1890 Gendarmerie Carbine. This rifle saw much service in French Indochina and other colonial areas. The bayonet has a 20 1 2 inch blade, and an overall length of about 25 inches. There is an old label on the solid nickel grip, indicating that is a "French 1890 Gendarmerie Bayonet". The earlier M1886 bayonet had