"The LAH Band also wore the white frogs. I do not know if they were members of the same regiment that you stated. I have pictures of them wearing the 98/05 white frogs."
Hello Richard, firstly about the LAH band i believe it was a part of LAH Regiment, so when needed they play by visits and similar, so probably mostly in Berlin by the presentation and Guard unit. After changing to Division i dont know what for part they was? maybe still of Regiment Nr.1,there is one article in Mollo about the LAH.
"SS Collectors really have not even seen LAH stamped and or engraved into anything." this is unfortunally not right, there exist white frogs with origin LAH proof, we know minimum about 2 pcs, both are early pre war period. there is no DH stamp. The timeline prior 1939 is important as the DH is not a overall property stamp of SS.
Andy,
I checked with Steve Wolfe in California, Steve is one of the largest dealers in high end German Militaria in the world. He stated that "he himself had never seen an LAH marked bayonet frog and had never heard of a LAH Marked frog in anyones collection." He also stated that he had seen 2 LAH marked belts and nothing else. As far as the marked LAH belts, he could not substantiate there originality. No one else in the SS Weapons Collecting field has seen any marked Weapons & or accourtements with LAH markings.
The only bayonet that has been substantiated as being LAH was shown to you the other day along with 2 different SS RZM DD Helmets and the SS Standard Bearer's Gorget from Standarte #67 in Erfurt. The LAH Bayonet came from the Rochester, New York area in the 1960s and was purchased by a major dealer. Again, this is a KS 84/98 bayonet and there are no property stamps and or LAH markings on the frog. This bayonet was included in a work by the late Dr. Julian Milestone.
Richard Kuchta
-the piece when reworked it could have certainly some of the marking, but as mentioned to sample WKC late war have a wood grips with 1941 i dont believe this is a real possibility of rework. Same as You mentioned matching WaA883 pieces of grips on this 10160e bayonet, without seeing it, is hard to say about a reworking. You mentioned a nice condition, so probably in origin condition still.
As mentione earlier i dont like the property marks inside of grip, as they are not visible and have no reason.
WaA623 is of Steyr production, i believe the part of production were realised in Mauthausen, so some rifles could have the camp production mixed with work? These rifles were made in other period as the Gew.98 reworks,so its new production of K98k, it couldnt be mixed, same as the property stamps on SG98/05 are there from early 30ies and the sniper rifle is what date?
best regards,Andy
