Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Prussian / Austrian side arm Help with I.D please.

broadaxe · 27th January 2011, 09:53 AM

I have seen this before, supposed to be a semi-official creation, kind of a late boarding cutlass, circa WWI. I also handled a similar item, a yataghan bayonet blade mated to an Austrian foot soldier sword hilt. Alas, I cannot find the reference.

27th January 2011, 09:53 AM	#6
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 332	I have seen this before, supposed to be a semi-official creation, kind of a late boarding cutlass, circa WWI. I also handled a similar item, a yataghan bayonet blade mated to an Austrian foot soldier sword hilt. Alas, I cannot find the reference.