Originally Posted By: richkuch43@aol.com

FP,
May I ask what you have observed to date on the 2 SS Phospate Finished, Consecutive numbered bayonets??
Richard K

FP,
The 2 SS Phospate Finished Bayonets are dated 45 inside of the grips along with an SS Property Stamp. The server must be down at work because I can not remote access it from home.

FP, please look very carefully at the bayonets and you can see where they have been scrubbed. Also note where the SS Property Stamp is in relationship to the phospate. Tell me what you see?
Richard K

Originally Posted By: Fred Prinz - FP
Richard,
While the flash and/or lighting has made it hard to identify the type of finish, I see two dark finished bayonets with wood grips and what looks like matching/consecutive numbers. With a "Death's Head" on the underneath of each pommel. But if there are 1945 dates on them somewhere, maybe your eye can see them. But they don't show up on my monitor.
Best Regards, FP

Richard,

I think that I can see where some of this misunderstanding/miscommunication might be coming from. Not too long ago I looked at an RZM marking that to me in the image posted looked like a skull. You had it in hand, and could see it was an RZM marking, but I could not. So it may be the same thing here with a misinterpretation of something that you can see, but those on the other end of the conversation physically cannot.

On the Steyr topic, I remember seeing something about guarding inmates who were workers in the factories, and guards in factories in general. My best recollection is that there were both, and I will have to see if I can find the reference,

Best Regards, FP