Cool Military Barn Finds

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This is an early German/Austrian Forest or Hunting knife. It's rough but after some gentle rust removal I found the 'double squirrel' Eichkorn marking which should date to WW-1. The blade is also acid etched with scenes of deer and trees. Etching is faint and the blade shows surface rust and old sharpening.
No sheath/scabbard. Note the bizarre guard design of a hooved foot sticking out of a dog's mouth! Metal acorn studs on stag horn grip and scallop scabbard guard. 7-1/4" blade, 12-1/2" overall. These were produced as high-quality presentation pieces and award's that had brass fittings and 'triple etched' polished blades, but this appears to be a less expensive (private purchase?) model with steel fittings and a dash of gold paint here and there.