Good afternoon!
I have a Schmidt-Rubin M1911 infantry rifle that was manufactured in 1916. I do not currently have a bayonet for it, so I have been doing a bit of looking.

I found a 1899 bayonet (with arresting bar) but the serial number is 191xxx. To my understanding, the serial number was not put on the bayonet until it was matched up with a rifle. Per my sources, the 1899 bayonet was used on the 1889/96 rifles, as well as the M1911 and the K1911.
The 1889/96 rifles SNs started around 212000, and the M1911 SNs started at 355000.
Now I did find a K1911 that was in this serial number range, but it would have been manufactured in 1930. So I would have thought that this rifle would have used the dual edged 1918 bayonet, since the 1899 bayonet was not produced after 1917 or 18.

Does anyone have any insights on this situation? From what I am seeing, this serial number does not match the bayonet model. Is it possible tat the crossguard was replaced?
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