This is a very nice and very rare battlefield relic a German saw back 1898-1905 pattern butcher bayonet this is a troop made example by the soldier themself’’s. The bayonet is complete other then missing its wooden handles but still have a maker marking on the handle that can be seen clearly.The bayonet still has a lot of original colour is only very lightly rusty and in relic but solid condition the blade is worse then the handle it has been very well cleaned it is perfect for display or a nice bit for any collection and very rare to get this german bayonet now these days. The bayonet was recovered in 2011 from part of Regina Trench near Courcelette this area was defended by German soldiers of Marine Infantry Brigade which was attacked by the 2nd Canadian Division in October 1916 during the Allied advance on the Somme battlefield..The bayonet comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
Regina Trench (Staufen Riegel) was a German Trench dug along the north-facing slope of a ridge running from north-west of the village of Le Sars south-westwards to Stuff Redoubt (Staufenfeste), close to the German fortifications at Thiepval on the Somme battlefield. It was the longest such trench on the German front during the First world war. An attack on 8 October, by the 1st Canadian Division and the 3rd Canadian Division on Regina Trench also failed.On 21 October, the 4th Canadian Division attacked the western portion of Regina Trench, as the 18th Division, 25th Division and the 39th Division of II Corps, attacked the part further west (known as Stuff Trench to the British). The Canadians met little opposition and gained the objective, as the II Corps divisions captured Stuff Trench in thirty minutes, giving the British control of the Thiepval Ridge. Three counterattacks were repulsed by the Canadians and by 22 October, more than a thousand Germans had been taken prisoner. The east end of the trench was captured by the 4th Canadian Division during the night of10/11 November.
This is a very nice and very rare battlefield relic a German saw back 1898-1905 pattern butcher bayonet this is a troop made example by the soldier themself’’s. The bayonet is complete other then missing its wooden handles but still have a maker marking on the handle that can be seen clearly.The bayonet still has a lot of original colour is only very lightly rusty and in relic but solid condition the blade is worse then the handle it has been very well cleaned it is perfect for display or a nice bit for any collection and very rare to get this german bayonet now these days. The bayonet was recovered in 2011 from part of Regina Trench near Courcelette this area was defended by German soldiers of Marine Infantry Brigade which was attacked by the 2nd Canadian Division in October 1916 during the Allied advance on the Somme battlefield..The bayonet comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
Regina Trench (Staufen Riegel) was a German Trench dug along the north-facing slope of a ridge running from north-west of the village of Le Sars south-westwards to Stuff Redoubt (Staufenfeste), close to the German fortifications at Thiepval on the Somme battlefield. It was the longest such trench on the German front during the First world war. An attack on 8 October, by the 1st Canadian Division and the 3rd Canadian Division on Regina Trench also failed.On 21 October, the 4th Canadian Division attacked the western portion of Regina Trench, as the 18th Division, 25th Division and the 39th Division of II Corps, attacked the part further west (known as Stuff Trench to the British). The Canadians met little opposition and gained the objective, as the II Corps divisions captured Stuff Trench in thirty minutes, giving the British control of the Thiepval Ridge. Three counterattacks were repulsed by the Canadians and by 22 October, more than a thousand Germans had been taken prisoner. The east end of the trench was captured by the 4th Canadian Division during the night of10/11 November.
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