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And another slightly later group still with the high polish, but dip blued, bayonets. With early high polish rust blued bayonets of both belonging to the first group. And the military issue bayonets which are set them apart having of course the Waffenamts, serial numbers, dates, and if not maker named the Fertigungskennzeichen (Manufacturers/factory identification markings) including both the “S” codes or the much later letter codes. There are the so-called “commercial” bayonets not made under the control of the German Army’s Heereswaffenamt which means they lack the inspection/acceptance stamps (called Waffenamts by collector's) and most often dates/serial numbers. The 98K falls in some natural groupings based on the who they were made for and the period when they were made. This segment deals with the largest group of bayonets which was the standard Seitengewehr (sidearm) 84/98, which is commonly known by English speaking collectors as the 98K bayonet. Recycled from earlier times, captured, converted, and those made for them in countries occupied by their forces. And were meant to be actually used as weapons in combat if necessary as contrasted with dress bayonets which were only for show.ĭuring and prior to World War II German military forces used a number of different combat bayonets. Which means they went onto the ends of rifles. This topic is centered around German combat bayonets.
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This was part of my on-line databank that is no longer available and I would like to see it put to good use once again.Īn introduction to the 98k courtesy of frog prince.He has been of tremendous help in this area of the databank.Thanks F.P. I hope that it will benefit this forum and make it a little easier for the "new guy's". While this is not new information to current collectors, I thought it would be a handy onsite reference and open the door of information to those just getting started in the hobby.