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Hello
What do you feel about this Police bayonet and mainly about the horn grips and the eagle insignia ? The hilt seems to be shortened as for the reissued Weimar Police bayonets. The eagle seems to be a private purchase police bayonet eagle. Is this set correct and why this eagle ? Is it a replacement ?
Best regards from Paris
Alain

Alain,

It appears that the clamshell has been added to this bayonet and that required shortening the hilt and replacing the grip and eagle. I don't know why this would be done during the period of use since the Prussian bayonets originally had a long hilt/grip and a clamshell. My best guess would be that it has been reworked/restored postwar.

I would have to agree with ORPO, this bayonet looks reworked in several ways. The grip eagle is not something I believe you would find in a period police bayonet. The rivets are also not what you would expect to find on a 3R era bayonet. When these bayonets had their Weimar grip emblems replaced with 3R ones, larger, aluminum rivets were used. Not these smaller dark ones. The felt buffer pad is something that does not appear original either. All of the above leads me to say stay away from this piece.

On a side note, the crossguard numbers/letters looks slightly off & shallow. It's possible they were added.

Thanks for your help about this bayonet.
I thought it was suspicious and you confirm my first opinion.
Best rtegards from Paris
Alain

linge

That is the advantage of being a member of this Forum. That police bayonet would easily fool the average collector.

Joe