Hey /k/,
I just bought this bayonet, which was described as a "German Last-Ditch Bayonet from WWII", but I have suspicions it may be of the earlier WWI ersatz type.
Could anyone help me ID it? I can't find any markings.
Thanks. More pics to come.
>>30168834
Still has some cosmolene, it seems.
>>30168846
No markings on the blade...
>>30168865
No markings on the crossguard.
Any help at all would be appreciated.
If other pics would help, I'll take them.
If that's German it's the shittiest piece of German craftsmanship I've ever seen. (It's not German).
>>30169079
It's very similar to German bayonets detailed here: http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/HTNL%20DOCUMNETS/German%20Ersatz.htm
By your logic, a late-war Volksturm rifle wouldn't be German.
Thanks for the (You), though.
>>30169113
>>30169113
It's spelled volkssturm ya dip
>>30169079
ersatz means inferior substitute
>>30169175
Sorry for being drunk (?)
I saw a similar bayonet in an auction but it was a WW1 production, article 1586
http://www.stauffer-auktionen.de/unsere-aktuelle-auktion/erster-weltkrieg.html
>>30169793
Was sold for 70€ in germany
>>30169793
Thanks.
Yeah, I'm convinced that this must be a WWI issue bayonet.
Thanks for the link.
>>30168834
>>30168846
Muzzle ring is too high to be German bayonet; probably Turkish ersatz bayonet.
http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/fullsize/turkey/turkey%20ersatz%201935.jpg
>>30169876
>http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/fullsize/turkey/turkey%20ersatz%201935.jpg
You're probably right.
So I've got a Turkish WWI bayonet for the Mauser 98?
>>30168834
Thats not german.k98 bayonets didnt have the ring and if it was last ditch why wuld they put on ring on it?
>>30170190
>why wuld they put a ring on it?
maybe they liked it.
