The other bayonet is marked identically with the assembly number 1257 and WaA 253 in the same places. It differs in not having the VR or any Ws. Also I don't think the S 239 scabbard is a match though is in the same great condition. The are also some apparently random stamp marks that I arrowed. On the other side there is a very feint 4 and a nearly indistinguishable 1 can't get a camera or scanner to pick them up well enough to post.

There are some other marks all over these two that are difficult to read and don't seem to be either tooling marks or inclusions in the forging process.

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