Kurzes ausgeh seitengewehr SG98 very rare type short Parade dagger

[gerrit]

I started a post in the Imperial section but after a lot of research i think it belongs also here.
I was mislead by the Cypher of King Wilhelm II (normally on the IOD M1889) that has been added by the former owner.
Reading the article below it was a “variante” that was worn during the Reichwehr and Wehrmacht period.
The dress dagger in the book below is exactly the same as i have, only mine has a cypher added at the grip.
I measured it up and it has the same data as the book says:
No maker mark, lenght blade 197mm
total lenght knive 317mm
blade wide 23 mm
weight 413 gramm
As you can read in the article its a private officers purchase and its been used as well as in the imperial, Reichswehr and later Wehrmacht army.

enjoy the pictures:

[gerrit]

I knew when i bought it that it was rare, costed me a lot of time to find something about this bayonet, but i think its stunning none of you have ever seen one before...
This community has so many members all over the world and none has replied to this post, not even a remark about it......that normally means none has any info about it......hope that will change......its a beautiful piece.

[Walkwolf]

It looks like a very nice and rare knife, Gerrit. I have never seen one
before, and I definitely like it. Surprising that there have not
been any comments on it though.........

[85ronnies]

Iv'e only ever seen one in a book !!! very nice indeed thank you for sharing, ,
cheers Ronnie