As mentioned earlier, who added the 1484 on grips didnt understand what is the reason of the 1484 stamp, germans didnt serialed the pommel area, so the grips are postwar serialed, same as the circle SS stamps is there postwar.The reworks of Vz.24 were started in pre Russia campaign and was full reworked mainly to first lost in winter 1941, there are rework orders scribed for LW by Goering and similar exist for Heer and other branches, same as You could see the bayonets on the pictures of SS in Karelia or Police division are blank not blued.
Please post your SS documentation regarding the reworking of Czech bayonets and rifles by the SS.
I just pulled an unblued SS VZ -24 Bayonet. Accountability # 174. Grips are numbered and date stamped 1939. This bayonet also has the muzzle ring removed.
As per your statement the SS VZ-24 bayonets were reworked by fakers after the war. Who are you trying to kid? VZ-24 Bayonets were worthless after the war and up thru the 1970s. I guess the fakers all went broke and went out of business. No one even knew what the SS Property Marks were until just recently.
Some SS VZ-24 bayonets were imported into this country by Mr. DeRuiter from Sarco. Mr De Ruiter was a member of the original Carbiners Collectors Network. He sold some rare SS VZ-24 bayonets to some of us for the exorbtant price of $12.50. An original SS frog for the VZ-24 was another $1.50. He really made a killing. He had bayonets ranging in quality from being run over by a tank to Very Good plus condition.
Richard Kuchta
