An alcoso dress bayonet k98, i need to know if it is original or fake.

**PanzerBlitz** · 10-19-2022, 06:29 PM

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 10-19-2022 06:29 PM

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**RH1941** · 10-19-2022, 07:08 PM

Looks good to me

**Hill** · 10-19-2022, 08:53 PM

Looks good to me too

Hill

**Anderson** · 10-20-2022, 05:50 AM

A few oddities I see. I'm suspicious of the scabbard; the matt black paint, size of throat screw, rounded edge to the throat piece all suggest to me post war.
The bayonet itself; poor photos don't help but the mortice lock button seems a little long, be interesting to see pommel photographed at a different angle.

**PanzerBlitz** · 10-20-2022, 06:52 AM

**Anderson** · 10-20-2022, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the extra photos, the bayonet is good, but don't think the scabbard is the original.

**AndyB** · 10-20-2022, 09:16 AM

Scabbard could be refurbished evidently the mouth screw and mouth piece looks strange, the overall finish could be repainted. The KS98 was sharpened on edge which is not proper for a dress piece.

**PanzerBlitz** · 10-20-2022, 12:48 PM

Thank you very much for the information, so the bayonet could be original from ww2?

**AndyB** · 10-21-2022, 08:19 AM

The dress bayonet could be on TM dated pre 1939.

**Anderson** · 10-21-2022, 11:29 PM

The scabbard may be from another bayonet type. There are a number of non German types that use a very similar scabbard for example some of the FN post war bayonets.