need help to identify bayonets

[arado]

These two have me confused. In particular the second one with the strange attachment on top and the US hanger. any one help?

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[Dad]

Second bayonet seems to be a K98k bayonet modified post war for use with a US M1 rifle.

D.

[arado]

Thank you, I tried it and it worked. Wonder why it was done ? Gary

[Time Bandit]

I think it was a Norwegian modification?

[Dad]

I think the first bayonet is a Brazilian model M1908 bayonet it was used with the M1908 Mauser.

D.

[arado]

I think it was a Norwegian modification?

Thanks, Now I remember. I bought it with my danish M1D....... Gary....

[marysdad]

Why did Norway do the M1 bayonet mod? It was cheap. Norway had purchased 98k rifles and bayonets from Germany pre-war. Then the Germans occupied Norway, bringing tons of 98k rifles and bayonets, all of which were left behind when the Germans went home. Norway also rebarreled a bunch of ex-German 98k rifles in .30-06 as reserve weapons behind the U.S.-provided M1's. A couple of years ago, someone from Norway told me that, although they have surplussed the military 98k's, they still carry the 98k in locomotive cabs for dispatching reindeer that are hit on the tracks.

Norway did a similar modification of the M1894 Krag bayonet for use on the M1 Carbines supplied by the U.S. My M1 Carbine and Norwegian-modded M1894 bayonet are pictured in Roger Evans' article on the Norwegian M1 Carbine bayonet conversions that was published in the September/October 2012 issue of The Armourer magazine.

Both Norwegian-mod bayonet types are pictured on the Norway page of my site.

[arado]

again, thank you.. I have the K98K converted to 06. Plus I have the modified scabbard for the modified Krag to M1 carbine bayonet. That' s enough, I'm getting overloaded. Anyway I have it all, except the G3 stuff..... Gary