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03-08-2017 11:43 AM
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Looks like a nice matching set to me, the M is a production mark i believe .
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E & F Horster and other major manufacturers in the early war years were producing over 200,000 bayonets a year so to keep the numerals down they were marked in "letter" batches. Nice example you have got there. If you wanted to, you could probably track down a 1942 marked frog, to complete the set.
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Thank you for id, the m might be marks mark, but I have one with an a beneath the number, so As far as the numbers with a letter underneath, serial numbers ran from 1 to 9999, at 10,000 the sequence started over a 1 with "a" underneath up to 9999 "a" and so on and so forth, so the m might be part of numbering ?
Regards
John
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Yes thank you, it is in nice condition, I have an other bajonet with an a, so far as I know, and also like you say, the numbers with a letter underneath, serial numbers ran from 1 to 9999, at 10,000 the sequence started over a 1 with "a" underneath up to 9999 "a" and so on and so forth
Regards
John
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No problem, enjoy they are addictive, genuine and well priced .
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Matching is good, and as just another piece of the puzzle the company being a very prolific maker a relatively short time later (1943) Hörster reached the double "zz" letter block. Best Regards, Fred
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