Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle by Waffenfabrik Bern Serial 157025 - 10.4×38mm MG 34 Reciever Assembly and the knife measures 17

and the knife measures 17 3/8" inches overall

1942 Infantry Journal publication entitled How the Japs Fight

There is no maker mark on this blade

though it is almost certainly more recent

• 2 x Original issues of the newspaper The “All American” Paraglide dated VE DAY 1945

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle by Waffenfabrik Bern Serial 157025 - 10.4×38mm MG 34 Reciever Assembly and the knife measures 17Original Item: Only One Available. Introduced in 1867, the Vetterli rifle system utilized the "Winchester" tube magazine system for cartridge storage under the barrel. The original 1867 model had an external hammer, like a Winchester, but in 1868 this was changed to an internal cocking bolt spring. The cleaning rod was moved to the side of the rifle, but this proved problematic, so the model of 1869 moved it back to the under barrel position. In 1871,