Above & Below is a German WW1 Era Bridle (bit-and-bridoon style) with both a nickel steel curb bit and a snaffle bit.  The bridle is marked to a German Army Corp and has a 1917 date. It is not the standard M 1888 or Halter 1893 commonly seen in the manuals. It is the Zaumzeug 16 (Bridle 1916)

In the two bottom photographs you see the which in this example is made of a brighter nickel steel and the “S-Kandare” or S-Bit.  The S-Bit was more commonly seen in service but many photographs of the WW1 Period show the older still in use

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