Original Custom Umbrella Basket Made With Four French M1866 Bayonets in Scabbards and Gras Bayonet Scabbards Uniforms There is great variation as

There is great variation as you would expect after all these years

and in alignment with the line of fire

It also is dated 1953 on the top of the receiver under 6 in a circle

There is what looks to be a small hole chewed into the side of the visor

The black color of the case indicates use by Gemeindepolizei (Local Metropolitan Police)

Original Custom Umbrella Basket Made With Four French M1866 Bayonets in Scabbards and Gras Bayonet Scabbards Uniforms There is great variation asOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. Here we have just what any 19th Century French military collector needs! This is a lovely custom umbrella basket, made using four French M1866 Chassepot Bayonets, with four M1874 Gras Bayonet scabbards spaced between them. They are held together using two iron hoops on the interior, with 3 twisted wrought iron hoops on the exterior. Overall the umbrella basket measures 10 1 2"W x 28"H, and really looks great!