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Good point, but an Opinel is possible, Laguiole or some regional knife. I don't think the French Army issued knives in WW1 so it would be a personal carry Jolipapa Jolipapa might know or shed some light on it.

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power said:
Good point, but an Opinel is possible, Laguiole or some regional knife. I don't think the French Army issued knives in WW1 so it would be a personal carry Jolipapa Jolipapa might know or shed some light on it.

Thanks, Will
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I don't think of an Opi nor a Lag. Most probably was this poor guy (seemingly wounded), an estafette (despatch rider), using the standard to cut his bread. This system with ring is called cra-cra (btw still produced by Nontron). It was issued with some tissue for the soldiers to make their own sheath.
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Fixed blade like the Vengeur (avenger), much more aggressive was used for trench "work".
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Or this trench Pradel but most of time mere butcher's knives, sometime a modified Rosalie (the nickname for the Lebel's bayonet).
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