Identify firemeas bayonet please

ryan02 · 08-16-2011, 08:41 AM

Hello, A friend bought this knife recently, and I promised him I would try to identify it. From the limited research I have done, it appears to be a firemans dress bayonet. Excuse the poor pics please, I did these at work. What say you? Is it a reproduction, or WWII era?
thanks

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-16-2011 08:41 AM

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**rra227** · 08-16-2011, 01:05 PM

Looks like a Firemans Dress Sidearm. Rich A. in Pa.

**Andrew** · 08-16-2011, 02:06 PM

Hi Ryan,
the knife looks fine. as said a firemans dress dagger. i have never seen that L+E logo but i like it. distributers mark ? a nice find complete with frog.
andrew

**Adrian Stevenson** · 08-17-2011, 08:13 AM

A nice original. The L+E logo is also a new one on me too, but again I like it.

Cheers, Ade.

PS: Wecome to the forum!

ryan02 · 08-17-2011, 10:59 AM

Thanks for the replies, I will pass that info along. My main interest is the fairbairn sykes knife, always looking for another....

**Billy G** · 11-30-2011, 02:35 AM

Linnenbrugger & Ellermann, Bielefeld is a very desired distributor of fire bayonets among collectors. Nearly all distributors' marks were just the name & maybe a location but L&E had a logo similar to a manufacturer. Their logo is also unique in that it is the only one I can think of that incorporated a swaz. L&E was a distributor of Feuerwehr related ephemera that apparently did not sell military bayonets which makes the mark somewhat scarce. Following their line of work, they also incorporated a fire helmet into their logo, quite nice to look at if you're a maker mark collector.

This bayonet is nice for several other reasons, it's dual marked by Eickhorn & it has the original frog that's also marked by the distributor. Distributor marked frogs are quite scarce. If your friend is looking to sell it, I would be happy to buy it.