Bayonet Please help identify

[meatloaf]

Hi,

I have a bayonet I got with a mauser I bought about 7-8 years ago. I'm trying to identify the manufacturer etc. If anyone could help that would be great. The bayonet's serial number is showing as 298882. It has a name on it that is hard to make out totally but it looks like: OPEAY3ERE with the number 44 right under it, the letter R actually looks like a lower case h but crossed like a T.

The sheath has a serial number of 6558. If anyone could help I would appreciate it. I think it is german but you never know.

THanks

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi, and welcome to the forum!

I think you will find it is Yugoslav M48. It marked "Factory 44".

Cheers, Ade.

[lithgow]

Will look like the lower bayo in this picture-other is the rifle it fits on, the Yugoslav M48 as Adrian S said.