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I thought I will write a short bio on manufactures of dress bayonets. If anyone has more info, please add to the thread. I will try to do one a week.

So here is the first.


Arthur Evertz, Solingen

Arthur Evertz was a manufacture of Third Reich edge weapons, which included swords, bayonets, and Luft. Heer, RLB, SA, HJ, daggers. They were located in Solingen Germany at Blumenstrasse 58. Tom Johnson’s book (Collecting The Edged Weapons of The Third Reich volume VIII) has a picture of Everts building. I know of two trade marks that were used on dress bayonets. The first TM has the initials AES within a square box; it was registered in Aug. 1938. The second TM, (A. Evertz, Solingen) in an arch seems to be the more common one of the two. There RZM number was M7/85. Arthur was the brother-in-law of Paul Seilheimer, another manufacturer of TR daggers. Arthur Evertz started out as a grinder before starting his company in 1925.
Below are two examples of their bayonets. The etched example shows an etch that Alcoso also used on there bayonets. In the book German Etched Dress Bayonets the author Wayne Techet theorizes that Alcoso, A. Evertz, and Paul Seilheimer were some of the companys that purchased etched blades from F. W. Holler.

Terry,

Nice, obscure maker to start with. I have an example of both maker marks on fireman's pieces & neither are seen too often. The one I have with the AES logo is a particular favorite of mine both because of it's rarity & the fact it's inventory marked. The condition of this one isn't what I normally like to see but when you find a rare mark, sometimes you have to snap it up anyway. The unit mark was just the icing on the cake.

I find the familial relationships between many of the Solingen blade manufacturers to be a very interesting topic too.

Interesting too that both your maker marks are on the obverse. The AES I have is on the reverse & it's unit/inventory marked on the obverse. The arched Everetz logo I have is obverse marked. This is the only AES logo I've ever seen on a FW bayonet, I've seen maybe a couple on standard dress Heer/Luft bayonets.

Billy

Your AES TM also faces away from the crossguard.

Aesculap, Tuttingen

Aesculap’s history started in 1867 with the manufacturing of surgical instruments in Tuttlingen, Germany. The company not only made surgical instruments but also made various knives, and later auto parts. During WWII they made many different daggers. They also continued to make surgical instruments. After WWII they continued in the surgical business
1867---Est. by Gottfried Jetter
1878---120 employees
1883---200 employees
1887---Scheerer brothesr join company
1889---600 employees
1914---1750 employees
1932---1100 employees
1938---1900 employees
1944---Used foreign workers, along with forced labourers and POW’s
1998---Aesculap AG & Co KG was incorporated into the the B. Braun Group as the Aesculap Division.

AESCULAP AG & Co. KG
Am Aesculap-Platz
78532 Tuttlingen
Germany

The Aesculap TM on a dress bayonet is applied to both sides of the blade. On one side the Aesculalp name is over there logo, the other side they have a three line marking (Aesculap-Werke,Jetter&Scheerer,Tutlingen. They are one of the few that used a headless bolt w/spanner nuts to hold the grip plates on the pommel.

Terry,

Do you have a timeline for the logos? I have two of the three & believe this one is the earliest of those you show. Of interest, this example has a 10 1/4 inch blade, early type bakelite grip plates & most unusually is marked to the Berlin Feuerwehr, I'm thinking early 1930s.

Billy

All three had non-magnetic pommells. The one on the right had a magnetic button and morise key.

Hey Terry,
For some reason I seem to remember reading (I think it was in one of Johnson's volumes) that Mr. Coppel who was a big doner to Solingen (the entire town)survived the war in a consentration camp and when he came back to Solingen never gave money to any charities or benefits for the rest of his days because of his bitterness, not that I blame him.

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