#Mauser k98 bayonet serial numbers#

Ricasso: 'Elite-Diamant' and '4156' over 'd' Diamant was privatized in 1992, following German reunification, and, today, is the oldest bicycle factory still operating in Germany. Diamant bicycles won world road race championships in the late 1950s. The company continued producing bicycles and developed alloy bicycle components, including the first alloy bicycles. Post-War, the Works fell into Russian hands and became part of the East German State. During the War, they also produced small motorcycles. The first Diamant bicycles were made in 1885. This bayonet came in the Afrika Corps web frog shown below.Д«efore the Second World War, the Elite Diamant Werks (Elite Diamond Works) produced bicycles. This example was made in 1939 by the Elite-Diamant WerkeВ A.G., Siegmar-SchГ¶nau, near Chemnitz, Germany. Proofs: 'WaA25?', located on: pommel (2x), stud nut, backstrap, under grips, underside of both grips, and scabbard ball finial. Scabbard: '43 asw' and '2564gg' and illegible waffenamt on ball finial. Ricasso: 'S/155?' (last character almost certainly a 'G') and '7281'

Plastic grips are encountered about as often as are wood grips. This example has serrated, brown plastic grips.

#Mauser k98 bayonet serial numbers#

The number code marking was partially obliterated during rework and new serial numbers were applied to the crosspiece and frog stud. of Solingen.ДЄ pre-war example that was captured and reworked in eastern Europe, probably Yugoslavia. The marking on this example was inadvertently double-struck. The scabbard was made in 1943 and bears the year of mfr. The blade is marked using the letter/number code used from 1934вЂ“1937 to keep the makerвЂ™s identities secret. The first pattern was made 1905вЂ“06 and the second pattern 1915вЂ“18.

These represent the third pattern of M1884/98 bayonet made from 1927вЂ“вЂ“45. Mauser KarВ 98k rifle of the Second World War. Scabbard (ball finial): '3' proofmark '6' Spine: Crown over 'W' over '17' and proofmark Ricasso: 'Waffenfabrik' over 'Mauser A.G.' over 'Oberndorf a/M' I suspect that the tiny '3' and '6' flanking the Imperial proofmark on the scabbard's ball finial may indicate the year (1936) the bayonet was taken into Luftwaffe service. This terminology was used during the pre WW II years, since Germany was not permitted an Air Force (i.e., Luftwaffe) under the Treaty of Versailles. The 'R.L.M.' marking is an abbreviation for Reichsluftfahrtministerium (State Air Ministry). The 'P.W.В 1078.' marking is a Prussian police ( Schutzpolizei) property marking believed associated with the Westfalen Police School. The rework included bluing the metal and cutting slots in the screwbolts securing the grip scales and press stud. It was reworked for use during the Weimar Period and is one of a small number of 98/05 bayonets to see service with the Luftwaffe during the Nazi Period. This example was made for Prussia, in 1917, by Mauser at their Oberndorf plant.