Mauser M-1916 WWI Belgian Rifle Bayonet Scabbard 18 Inches Headgear gives final touch to any

gives final touch to any WW2 Tommy Outfit

These pieces represent the basic set issued to all British Infantrymen in WW2 and thereafter onto which can be added a host of other accessories such as wire cutter carrier

This is the long pattern shell

Straps are web with metal fittings in the P37 style

After the First World War

Mauser M-1916 WWI Belgian Rifle Bayonet Scabbard 18 Inches Headgear gives final touch to anyOriginal Item: Purchased sometime in the 1980's in a Brussels Warehouse Sale we got a carton of what turned out to be Original WWI era all steel Belgian M 1916 Bayonet tubular Scabbards for the long bayonet issued in WW1 with the Mauser 1888 Rifle for use in trench warfare. Each measures 18" overall, these are quite hard to find today. 18" Scabbard only, bayonet (pictured) not included.