In regards to the #1 SS Bayonet, this is what I have found:
1. There is no number on the crossguard.
2. There is no serial # in the grips.
-there should be by blankos
3. Both grips are marked WA 218.
- so Your piece has grips from a Wehrmacht bayonet, and from Elite Diamant directly, as we known that Diamant ended production in 1941, this is missmatched piece
4. Flashguard is numbered: #05823.
-flash is too from other piece
thats means for me the piece is a rework probably postwar, so the SS stamps are problematic too.
Andy,
I appreciate your opinion but for you to make a judgement call that since the flashguard was numbered that it is a postwar rework and that the SS property staamp is problematic. I do not agree with your opinion. It is again based on no substantiating facts & or documentation. Usable parts were not thrown away, they were used. Without even seeing the SS Bayonet, you can tell it is a postwar rework & a fake. Whow!!!
