Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Large “Bowie” Knife German Flare Guns but this is only the

but this is only the sixth combat model we have ever had

two 6th Armored Division patches

In March 1917 the Germans retreated to the Hindenburg Line that was a formidable series of defences that the Germans had constructed

The celluloid does have some wear on the left hand side

That probably puts production around 1848

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Large “Bowie” Knife German Flare Guns but this is only theOriginal item: Only One Available. There is probably no more iconic Civil War image than the young Confederate soldier marching off to war with a large fighting knife in his hand or belt. Early war southern ambrotypes and tintypes offer a big variety and sometimes comical fighting knives of various types, often made by local blacksmiths for the boys of 1861 to take to war. The classic southern fighting knife was usually quite large and robust, with an