Original Philippine - American War Captured Spanish Engraved Navaja Sevillana Folding Fighting Knife - Dated 1899 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly and has TREU DEM REGIMENT

and has TREU DEM REGIMENT (True to the Regiment) on the front and ALLZEIT BEREIT (Always Ready) on the back

both hilt and scabbard

showing only signs of handling over the past several decades and storage wear

The barrel would originally have been proof marked on the left side

Often issued without scabbards

Original Philippine - American War Captured Spanish Engraved Navaja Sevillana Folding Fighting Knife - Dated 1899 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly and has TREU DEM REGIMENTOriginal Item: Only One Available. The navaja is a traditional Spanish folding blade fighting and utility knife. One of the oldest folding knife patterns still in production, the first true navajas originated in the Andalusian region of southern Spain. In Spain, the term navaja is often used to generally describe all folding blade knives. The navaja was first adopted as a fighting knife by the peoples of Andalusia in southern Spain, including the