The aluminum handled bayonets are the 1891. These are the ones that had the majority of crests ground off. The 1909's have wood handles and have their crests. If you can get a good deal on one...
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The aluminum handled bayonets are the 1891. These are the ones that had the majority of crests ground off. The 1909's have wood handles and have their crests. If you can get a good deal on one...
Make sure it's the correct bayonet. Later ones were exported with the crests. I can't think of the correct nomenclature off the top of my head.
Not all but those with crests are extremely rare. Argentina changed their laws sometime after they disposed of that particular model. So later exports did not have the crests scrubbed. A few...