Original U.S. Indian Wars Era Model 1873 Entrenching Tool Knife Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets The helmet is painted with

The helmet is painted with the correct lightly textured Panzergrau (armor gray) paint as used during the later war period

On 24 April

which has allowed us to offer this fantastic example

missing the end of the one strap but retaining the buckle of the other side

Original U.S. Indian Wars Era Model 1873 Entrenching Tool Knife Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets The helmet is painted withOriginal Item: Only One Available This is a nice example of the rare US Model 1873 Entrenching Tool. This tool knife was adopted in 1873 and was mainly an entrenching tool (rather than a knife). It was used on the plains during the Indian Wars. It was a very light flat bladed tool and was short lived; it evolved into the heavier US Model 1880 1890. Designed for use by the U. S. Cavalry during the 1870s, the M 1873 Entrenching Tool was produced at the