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05-01-2020 01:35 AM
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I'm not an expert on dress bayo,
But that PUMA has honest wear to it and I found this pic of an original with a poorly done stamp.
The rest looks good, But wait for an expert to chime in.
Semper Fi
Phil
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It looks good to me I've sold quite a few 98k bayonets and like AZPhil said yours has honest wear and looks to be period. The pitting in the Nickle finish and the leather frog has perfect amount of age those areas are hard to fake but I'm not an expert but I've handled a lot of them and to me it checks out, but as always with German militaria keep an open mind to it possibly being newly made. This stuff is tough. Best of luck to you.
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Hi,
you have an original Extra-Seitengewehr / Walking out Bayonet made by Puma. Everything ok with it. The felt in the groove had already been visited by moths.
These bayonets were bought privately, were not intended for service, nor were they delivered for service. They were much weaker in construction (the handle was a corrugated blade, the handle was made of galvanized zinc) and were only intended for decoration.
The frog does not belong to this bayonet. It's from an official Bayonet. This type includes an extra frog made of patent leather and a walking out knot.
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Thank you for the information, pics and links. Much appreciated. I still have a hard time figuring out the patent leather from vs the military frog. I have seen some that looked like smooth polished leather and others claiming to be patent leather that look like a military frog. I thought it was frogs without maker and date that were dress bayonet frogs. I will have to learn more.
John
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