Its really plated? not finished? it looks like heavily polished or chromed, dont see the color of plating, but majority of these were nickled with yellow color tone of the plating, certainly the rough marks on blade are not obvious on normal M1895, it was empire proofed so probably used as a NCO or dress weapon, the frog could be Gendarmerie Bekleidungs Amt proofed, so used by police, like piece of George. best regards,Andy
Any stamps on pommel of grip?
