German Ersatz Bayonet, Turkish-Shortened

[Rescue190]

Turkish-shortened German ersatz bayonet. The two-step muzzle ring allows fitment on both the 8 mm. Mauser Gewehr 98 and earlier 8 mm. M1888 Commission Rifle. The scabbard has the oval frog stub typical of Turkish refurb scabbards. The whole thing seems to have a more recent paint job which detracts. Please let me know if my understanding of this bayonet is not correct. Thank you for looking.
John

[AndyB]

Its like mentioned a turkish shortage of ASG88/98 which was a ersatz bayonet for early period of WW1, the blade was originally 31 cm long,scabbard is complete new turkish made, the serial is done post 1928, strange as normally the turkish bayonets were reworked to M93/03 configuration.

[Rescue190]

This one came on a Gewehr 1888 commissions rifle. Many of these obsolete rifles we sent to other countries including Turkey.
John

[toot]

thanks for sharing it.