UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons Edged Weapons Accoutrements Forum Troddle vs Portepee

Originally posted by wotan

"Hello Wetzel, he can´t be right because eg. officers (or SSleaders) did wear the officers (dagger) portepee on their bayonets in case they did wear it (mostly in the earlier times, there are a lot of phtographs documenting this fact).And see the first chart of yours, the NCO troddel has also a closed acorn".


As I noted his (Imperial German Bayonets) video is for Imperial Germany (1871-Nov. 1918), predating SS daggers / SS bayonets.

The 1st & 2nd charts are from 1938, "Der Dienst-unterricht im Heere" (German soldier's manual).

The 3rd chart claimed a Reichswehr & Wehrmacht time frame.

I posted what information I found, wotan certainly knows much more about the Portepee & Troddel than I ever will.


C. Wetzel-20609