Original French WWII Era Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard MG 42 Mounts no promises of visible markings

no promises of visible markings

The nickel plated compartment measures 8” 4

overall 44 inches in length

and will provide a secure basis for further study in any of these fields

Finally the set includes a late Victorian era brass helmet with star burst badge around the numeral 2

Original French WWII Era Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard MG 42 Mounts no promises of visible markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII Era French Coupe short entrenching machete, as used by the Tirailleurs Sngalais (Senegalese Colonial Troops) for the first half of the 20th century. These were first introduced in 1898, and continued to be produced and used up through WWII. They were even reissued as late as the 1960s, and examples saw service during the Indochina Wars. Early versions were maker marked on the blade, but by