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98/05 Police Bayonet 'V' Notched.

bill grist

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Here is a interesting police bayonet.. It started service in 1916 as a standard WW1 combat service bayonet.. Then inventoried in 1920 for the Weimar Republic,Then it was issued to the Police and demilled by cutting a 'V' in the atachment area, and removing the press stud so it could not be attached to a rifle, it was only to be used as a sidearm thus getting around the Treaty of Versailles and not having to be inventoried as a weapon.. It was then at some time refirbished and a new press stud was added so it could be used on a rifle.. The markings are for the LAND police THURGINA... This one was sent home in a wooden box with some standard 84/98 III bayonets and other militaria in 1945..Enjoy BILL
 

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