U.S. 1918 Au Lion Mark I Trench Knife with Scabbard

A Mark I U.S. military trench knife manufactured for the American Expeditionary Force by Au Lion of France. The blade has spots which still retain the original black oxide finish. The cast bronze handle has grooves on the upper edge of each side, a scarcer variant than the version that was produced without grooves. There is still original blacking on the handle. A four-sided conical steel nut tops the pommel. The knife is within its original Au Lion scabbard of thin blued sheet iron. The scabbard has some areas of surface rust and the two prongs that were on the scabbard for mounting it on the web belt are now gone.