M1895 Gendarmerie

epee

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Description

Mannlicher M 95 Gendarmerie carbine. serial nb. CS. 7328. on crossguard. Very good cruciform blade with the usual light sharpening for this model. Hungarian maker’s name; Pacholek Karogyan on blade. Excellent bright pommel and crossguard with muzzle ring MRD 16 mm. Excellent wooden grips riveted to the blade tang. ?Black painted metal scabbard with minty and correct dark brown leather frog. Maker’s name in a clear ink stamping on the back side: W.H.Stolla’s Sohne, A & A Stolla.

Quite a rare and interesting bayonet; made from obsolete Austrian Lorentz M 1854 socket bayonet blades and an Austrian 1895 hilts