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Wonderful! Thanks Rick.

Hello Rick The 48 on the latch will be the assembly number. This number would also be placed on the tang underneath the grips and on the grips themselves but please dont attempt to unscrew the bolts! The assembly numbers were used by workmen to keep all the parts together for each bayonet as it...

Regarding the unit marking K.S.2837. This was one of a batch of about 800 kS98 made in 1912 and sent to D.S.W.A. probably in the same year. They are all stamped in the exact same manner (no dots after letters or numbers) by a Schutztruppe armourer and are serialized from number 2164 - 2994...

Very interesting thread. The Horster "Sword H" (I call it "HHS") has plagued me as well in researching the Horster dress kS98 sawbacks. Some points - - Horster was very deliberate in how and where they stamped their bayonets. For example, Horster received four contracts to manufacture kS98...

Simply amazing find! This is recorded in my kS98 book as the 5th version of the 1908/09 Cavalry trial kS98. Several wood grip examples exist in collections but until now they have all had their hand guard removed (one such example is shown on page 148) presumably for issue to infantry pioneers...