Trench Art WWI German Letter Opener Marked "Argonne"
Original period manufacture. All brass construction with a nicely decorated scimitar shaped blade.
Casing is Necked, Rimless.
1: Rheinisch- Westfälische Sprengstoff A.-G. (Part of the Dynamit Nobel group), Nürnburg, Germany. Found on 7.62 x 39mm.
BS = Atelier de Laminage de l'Ecole Pyrotechnie de Bourges (brass factory). 8mm Mannlicher – Austria
17 (.30-06), USA. 7.63 x 25, Mauser C96, Germany
TE, Atelier de Construction de Toulouse, France.
7.125” L x 1.5” W