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Hi I am new to the forum and I was wondering if someone could identify my bayonet? It was my Grandads and it is British. Thanks
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With a Cyrillic "D" stamped prominently after the number, what makes you think it is British?
To me, it looks more like the SVT-40 Tokarev bayonet.
I assumed it was British WW1 or WW2 seen as it was my Grandads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick
Looks like an FN type scabbard to me!
On one side it has "5520B" on the other side it has "3072 symbol 60" On the handle it has "B and a horseshoe shape"Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick
Thanks
After searching around a bit, I found photos of the bayonet for the Mannlicher M95 rifle. It seems to be identical, especially the long tag on the scabbard.
The clincher is the ricasso marking (something over WG) which is actually OE over WG, i.e. Oesterreichische Waffengesellschaft, nowadays simply known as Steyr.
Could it be this bayonet?
Austro Hungarian Steyr Bayonet for 1895 and 95 34 Carbine M95 Mannlicher | eBay
It has the same WG on one side and eagle on the back
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Thanks I think you are correct. What era is it from? Are they common?
That's the one! But I have no explanation for the Cyrillic "D", unless it was a mark applied in a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire that used the Cyrillic alphabet.
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Originally Posted by ministrymason
Post-1895. And there must have been hundreds of thousands? (millions?) of them.
Thanks for your help! Its really interesting. I assumed it was British World War 2. It isnt worth a lot then?
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Originally Posted by ministrymason
Over here, 30-euros-ish. But I am not a bayonet specialist, just a shooter of oddball rifles.
This is an Austrian M1888 knife bayonet, for use with the 8 mm. M1888 Mannlicher rifle. The Austrian M1895 bayonet has an inverted blade profile and lacks the muzzle ring adjustment screw. The scabbard is correct for the M1888. The M1888 scabbard is wider than the M1895 scabbard, so they are not interchangeable.
Thanks for the response
While you're there ministrymason, I don't think or can ever recall an incidence when a mystery bayonet has not been identified correctly on this site!
It is an Austrian M1888 bayonet for the Mannlicher M1888 and with the Cyrilic letter it was probably made for Bulgaria which also used this rifle. Note the screw on the crossguard which the M1895 does not have.
Thanks for the response. Interesting to know why it might have the Cyrillic letter