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FROGPRINCE,

In regard to the numbers on the SS 98/05 Bayonet Scabbard they are definitely done on a pantagraph and or some other type of engraving machine. The letters are much to precise as to be done by hand engraving. However, the engraving cutter could have been much sharper which in turn would have reduced some of the chatter on the character geometry.
In the past I have referred to the SS marking their 98/05 bayonets in similar fashion to the Navy. Both are engraved and marked on the crossguard and scabbard.

As for numbers on the Frog, this is the only 98/05 SS frog marked as such that I have ever seen. This frog is also stamped with the SS property mark that I have requested not to be shown.

Richard Kuchta