Original U.S. & German WWII Battle of the Bulge Battlefield Pickup Relic Lot: BAR & M1 Carbine Magazines, Shrapnel-Damaged German STG 44 Magazine, K98 Bayonet Scabbard & Shovel Head - Inert Receiver under LTC Patrick "Hopalong" Cassidy

under LTC Patrick "Hopalong" Cassidy

with a straight grain (masame hadda)

This was definitely a musket that saw significant use after percussion conversion

Base of the bayonet is marked with serial number 71953

[KING'S-IMPROVEMENT-]PATENTED-MARCH 29

Original U.S. & German WWII Battle of the Bulge Battlefield Pickup Relic Lot: BAR & M1 Carbine Magazines, Shrapnel-Damaged German STG 44 Magazine, K98 Bayonet Scabbard & Shovel Head - Inert Receiver under LTC Patrick "Hopalong" CassidyOriginal Items: Only Ones Available. This is an evocative assortment of heavily reliced U. S. and German WWII military equipment reportedly recovered from the Battle of the Bulge battlefield. The group was procured by an amateur historian while accompanying a veterans organization on a tour of the Ardennes battlefield, and we were told that the pieces had been recovered from the area. There is no accompanying paperwork, excavation record, or other