markwadeks98
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Four KS98s from my collection , the leather version being the most common with about 20 000 being made (this is a matching erfurt bayonet/scabbard issued in DSWA dated to 1911) , followed by the wooden version with 10 000 being made (the colonial horster contract of 1913) , the harder to find "red rubber" handles with 2 100 being made (erfurt , dated to 1914) , and finally one of the original trails models for the wooden grips (erfurt , one of 250 made in 1912)
The horster bayonet is unmarked , but came in a colonial era scabbard marked POL Tr. hinting at its use in one of the politzeitruppe units in DOA / Togo perhaps (although collectors add items to bayonets so the link is tenuous at best)
The horster bayonet is unmarked , but came in a colonial era scabbard marked POL Tr. hinting at its use in one of the politzeitruppe units in DOA / Togo perhaps (although collectors add items to bayonets so the link is tenuous at best)
