AndyB

turk rework of prewar period fall out, in case could be reuse of various units in and post WW2, the serialing on crossguard is not...

S98/05naSabg, removed sawback, the blade was sharpened wrongly over blued metall, evidently blued in NS period, so certainly not went to...

Receiver was made under germans maybe april may 1945, still E/63 there, other parts are moretime refurbishment. Possible there was...

for me too much serials that would be all german mainly on scabbard area, more real would be reuse by Turks or some others? the N must...

Its a 1943 or more real 1944 production so question remains when the digits are unit so what unit? and stamped in war or postwar? hard...

Looks ok period production of Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia.

Very nice rifle,i would believe, the state end proof speaks for 35 year of proofing in Vienna house.

The parts should be compared with other Povazska Bystrica production,( Z in circle or other technological proofs typical for ZB) because...

S.Thiem is not a fully oriented in this area unfortunally to contrary of WW1 period bayonets, even he wrote a book, easy way because he...

-Sebastian Thiem has some errors in the book and this is the one of it. many problematic opinions, similar to start with Geschaftjahres...

When looking at the pieces that was reported on this forum, there is clear the stamps were done by normal serial mashine not by hand, so...

94 serialed to unknown other piece both grips from one bayonet, WaA253 is a Solingen proof prior 1940. Every part in grip has different...

There has been some discussion of serial numbering ranges in a thread or two here on the forum. Regarding numbering blocks as far as...

Not too many years ago these Yugoslav bayonets were being sold everywhere in the $20-$30 range. They have certainly gone up in resale...

Similar bayonets were not prepared for cutting, only for stabbing, similar to S84/98.