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To what unit can this bayonet of the Weimer Republic be attributed? L.M.240.The bayonet is long, not shortened. The blade length is 17 inches.
Reg.
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Vic
I'm sure you will get a answer soon, but that bayonet looks to be a beauty.
Hope you show the rest of it.
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Muenster District Rural Police inventory number 240. Very nice piece 
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That is a really nice bayonet, well done
Regards Sean
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Thanks guys for the quick response.
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Wow, what a sweet one there.
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The bayonet itself is nice but the grip emblem is not original. Originally the grip would have had a six sided Weimar star with eagle but this is not what police bayonets of the time had. It resembles a Garde du Korps emblem, possibly from a sword.
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Suum cuique serves as the motto of the Order of the Black Eagle (German: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler; founded in 1701), the highest order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. The motto continues in use in Germany – in the insignia of the military police (the Feldjäger).
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Suum cuique serves as the motto of the Order of the Black Eagle (German: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler; founded in 1701), the highest order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. The motto continues in use in Germany – in the insignia of the military police (the Feldjäger). But Vern, this emblem is clearly not a Feldjager emblem nor is it a Weimar star police emblem. Whatever it is, it’s not a police emblem originally on this bayonet. That much I’m sure of.
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I believe it is just the emblem of the order.
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