Hi
WW1 German Imperial M1898/05 ''Butcher'' bayonet.
(W.K. & C.) Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie. Solingen or Weyersberg & Co, are they two different manufacturers or one same manufacturer? (the image is borrowed from the web)
regards
1898/05 wkc
Hi
WW1 German Imperial M1898/05 ''Butcher'' bayonet.
(W.K. & C.) Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie. Solingen or Weyersberg & Co, are they two different manufacturers or one same manufacturer? (the image is borrowed from the web)
regards
Two different makers. We can know that because the bayonet type they are marked on. The Weyersberg family are an old family of cutlers of which at least six different family related members worked in their own right. The large Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie merger was formed in 1883, and all bayonets & swords made by that company there after referenced the Kirschbaum company, then later as WK & C, then WKC. This "Weyersberg & Co" maker will be one of the independent related Weyersbergs, though I'm not sure which one. Paul Weyersberg began about 1920, may be an earlier mark, or is it Max?. Possibly they only made the blade for another contractor to finish.
Weyersburg & Co.
In 1900 it was Paul and Karl Weyersburg and then again in 1914-20 it was Paul and Max Weyersburg
( Anthony Carters Knife and sword makers reference pg. 559
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That sounds correct with Paul and Max going separate ways from the 1920's.
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