#26912
01/27/2010 07:50 PM
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please help me to identify this bayonet, the hilt has the same decoration of a standard Police bayo but color is gold (brass?), don't have an insignia and the scabbard is steel, any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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#26913
01/27/2010 07:51 PM
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#26914
01/27/2010 07:51 PM
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#26915
01/27/2010 07:52 PM
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#26916
01/27/2010 10:48 PM
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This bayonet is fashioned to look like a Polizei bayonet but I'd venture the entire piece is a complete fake, sorry.
The hilt is cast from an original, notice the casting flaw on the crossguard & overall soft features of the eagle's feathers. Stag is very light in color & looks recently done, rivets do not look period either. Crossguard markings are not similar to period Polizei markings & were probably added to make the piece look authentic. Scabbard not appropriate for a Polizei bayonet. The blade looks to have an unusual maker mark, probably not German.
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#26917
01/27/2010 11:04 PM
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Yes, a fantasy fake unfortunately. I have not seen one of these in years but they were floating around 20-30 years ago. The blade is Austrian as is the OE/WG marked scabbard. The hilt is a postwar casting and the grips are made of too thick stag or bone made to look like staghorn.
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#26918
01/28/2010 06:51 AM
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Thanks to both for the advice, fortuntely I didn't get it yet.
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#26919
01/28/2010 07:10 AM
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Like Orpo corectly mentioned the blade is from a M1895 austrian Mannlicher bayonet.
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