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Original French trench dagger Model 1916. These daggers were originally developed for trench warfare during the First World War. After the occupation of France in the Second World War, the daggers continued to be produced for the Wehrmacht and the Kriegsmarine and were designated as captured equipment under the name Dolch 116 (f). The manufacturer is the company “Gonon 41.”
Regarding the history of this dagger: the name of the dagger in the First World War, “Le Vengeur de 1870” (English: “The Avenger of 1870”), refers back to the humiliating behavior of the Prussian military in 1870, when
France lost the Franco-Prussian War.