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Polish mobilization bayonet 1939

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Rittmeister

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Visited a nice lady last night. She is selling militaria for her father, and sold me a couple of bayonets. Here is one of them : This is a polish bayonet reworked and used by the germans in Norway during WW2. Both scabbard and blade is stamped WaA77. The frog is a mid/late war for s84/98 bayonet.
In fact, I had this bayonet in the collection from earlier, but two is better than one:happy0180:
 

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Thanks for comments! Yes, this is my favorite among the bayonets captured by the wehrmacht. Very sturdy and nice bayonet.
 
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That is a beautiful bayonet in a variation I did not know existed until today!
 
I neglected to mention it before, but I'm a little surprised that the Germans did not modify the scabbard by moving the tension(?) screw from the middle to the side. I have a modified Perkun bayonet that shows this alteration. I'm guessing that it wasn't a priority, or that this one was inspected and released for issue before any orders detailing the alterations for captured bayonets (1942, if I recall).

Pat
 
Mostly captured in Radom work production line and proofed there WaA77 with removed barell ring by Germans. b.r.Andy
 
AndyB said:
Mostly captured in Radom work production line and proofed there WaA77 with removed barell ring by Germans. b.r.Andy
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Thanks Andy! This one made it out the door before the Germans arrived. 1939 with barrel ring.jpg How rare are these Germanized versions?
 
Pat said:
I neglected to mention it before, but I'm a little surprised that the Germans did not modify the scabbard by moving the tension(?) screw from the middle to the side. I have a modified Perkun bayonet that shows this alteration. I'm guessing that it wasn't a priority, or that this one was inspected and released for issue before any orders detailing the alterations for captured bayonets (1942, if I recall). Pat
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I think this is a good appraisal. Some of the E/77 ones have the throat screw moved to the side & old rivet ground flush & others do not. Same w/the Polish bayonets modified by directive in the field:
 

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The unreworked original polish configuration are scarce as germans captured the majority of pieces. They were partly reworked in Radom, and proofed by E/77 or older production polish proofed with D2 in circle and reworked by germans in divisional depots in later period? b.r.Andy
 
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