Bayonet Identification help
Article about: Hi all, I'm a newbie here - I wonder if any of the experts may be able to help me identify this bayonet that my late Dad brought back from WW2 - he died when I was a kid and I found it after
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Austrian/Hungarian (Kuk) M1895 bayonet for NCO´s
OEWG means: Österreichischen Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, Steyr
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That's the Austrian Coat of Arms on the blade, so in this case it shows Austrian military acceptance. The NCO bayonets are rarer than the standard ones, so a nice bayonet. The troddel hanger is often missing.
Cheers,
Tony
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Thanks chaps! I’m curious how my Dad came by it now as he never served in the ETO - he was in Egypt before the war then East Africa and Burma during the war!?
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One probable explanation is that some Italian auxiliary troops (colonial soldiers) in East Africa were issued with WW1 Austrian captured weapons, such as Steyr-Mannlicher M95 rifles and related bayonets.
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