German bayonet

[stahlelm16]

Hi, I like to show you this bayonet of mine, one German 84/98 saw back bayonet. The scabbard is WW2 period, but the bayonet is WW1. I leave the pictures to tell...[ATTACH=CONFIG]808732

[zwerge]

Very nice,is there a date stamped on the spine?.....Pete.

[Jim P]

Even though it isn't in great shape, it is a fairly uncommon find. Erfurt manufactured the blade and Heller made the finished bayonet. There was a lot of cooperative effort in the manufacturing of WWI bayonets. The larger manufactures supplied a lot of blades to the smaller firms. In this case I don't think there will be a date on the blade.

Nice find,
Jim

[stahlelm16]

Thanks Jim, you say right, no date on the spine...

[harryamb2]

not often seen like that.

[Trajan]

Thanks Jim, you say right, no date on the spine...

Quite a few of these WW1 88/94's lack date-stamps on the spine. Nobody seems to know why but production of this type was commissioned very rapidly after WW1 began (in the Autumn 1914) and production started in 1915, and so my own feeling is that these ones without a date could be from the first production - especially as some I have seen lack the flashguard, introduced for this model bayonet in April 1915.

Trajan

[stahlelm16]

Useful information Trajan, thanks very much