Hello, does anyone know what these upside down numbers are?
bayonet k98 strange numbering
Hello, does anyone know what these upside down numbers are?
Nice matching numbers on the bayo and scabbard the upside down numbers may be a reissue of some type.
Wait for the Bayo Gents to arrive for further comments.
Regards Larry
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Yes the bayonet S84/98 is matching,french maker Waffenfabrik Chatellerault 1942,4674 with this and the position i believe this could be additional inventory number, anyway on blade are some scratches, and the screw heads have strange form, possible reworked in some way.
We should see the complete blade, but the file traces speaks for sharpening and possible reblueing of that blade.
Interesting bayonet. i would think the crossguard numbering is post war use.
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Thanks for adding details, yes the blade was probably proofed to sharpen, and later reblued. handle was used as hammer as visible on flashguard hits.
Hello,
Yes, this S84/98 has the same numbers but was still used somewhere in 1945 and also revised. Therefore also to additional number on the guard.
No original condition anymore.
Regards
Maybe not original condition, but an interesting history. The flashguard has certainly taken a hammering, and Police officers issued side arms tended to use them to hammer in tacks for notices to walls. So that could have been in some post war service.
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