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Taking a closer look I agree that it looks like Horn. It has a tight and faint grain pattern to it like other horn handled knives that I have (WW1 and earlier British clasp knives).
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Thank you for the reply and providing that information! I think it is possible that there was a leather buffer on the cross piece at some point but nothing there now. I am guessing that it is early...

I recently bought this German bayonet and wanted to get more information on it. It looks similar to the short WW2 era dress bayonets but the Eickhorn marking is an earlier one used between 1906 and...