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08-05-2013 01:41 AM
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Good example of a high probable real AK set. At least bayonet has date for it to have been used there. Nice set! timothy
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Hallo,
yes a very nice set ... a Seitengewehr 84/98 and a Tropenseitengewehrtasche in a nice shape.
This combination were until 1944 used at the southern front line... Italia, north africa, south russia etc...
After mid 1944 this equipment was issued to all other front lines...
no indicator that this was in africa. Can also be used 1944 in france...
the frog is from a commen (but unknown) maker... this type you can find often in a good shape.
Regards
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A very nice example for both the bayonet and the frog , the bayonet probably had a leather frog when it was first issued. And I don’t know if the one posted here is marked on the back or not. But virtually identical examples are seen well before 1944 with lightly done (usually unreadable) makers names on the back. Not the later maker codes, or RB numbers. With some from presumably the same maker occasionally having different colored (ie: khaki/sand and an olive drab) webbing components on factory original/assembled frogs that are not reworks or later period ersatz examples. Which suggests that more than one version was being made side by side with the darker green ones. Or alternately, once the darker green batch (or contract) was finished they simply used up the remaining parts with other batches/contracts. Regards, Fred.
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Hi Fred,
The frog is without any discernible markings. You're correct , the bayonet was originally in a leather frog but it's been paired with the web piece long enough for the web to have left it's pattern on the metal.
Best regards,
Len
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Hello,
frogs of this maker i know only without a maker... other makers also stamped not.
Regards
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is the frog on the left the same type? others in such color exist with the markings of LAGESA Dresden 1942 and 1943. But the material (structure of the webbing) of the front is a other.
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Hello,
yes it´s difficult... now the color seems to be red... but in the origin this was an blue or a black ink stamp. Because of the sun, water and the years the ink gets red now.
Now... this can be a lot... C. Riese Berlin, Otte Jähnke Berlin... or someone else. But not Lagesa Dresden.
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