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Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B301 - EICKHORN Stag Handled Short Dress Bayonet

 A very clean stag handled dress bayonet marked with the late Eickhorn TM. The blade has very light sharpening under close scrutiny and the grip retains all of the original chrome finish with a working stud button. It has the original green felt slug,  identifying this piece as a rarer Aviation pilots or supervisory troop sidearm. Scabbard retains 80-85% original paint and comes with its original tarred leather frog.

 Maker marked - Eickhorn  

 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B302 - EVERTZ Etched Stag Handled Long Dress Bayonet

 This piece has a personally etched blade listing flight training schools, dates and name on a mint chromed blade. The finish to the quillion / cross-guard and pommel is approx 50%, the cross-guard also showing the owners personalised initials. It has deep recessed stag grips showing little wear but have been replaced or re-fixed and no damage with a fully working stud button, the felt is missing. The scabbard has 95% original paint but no frog.

Maker marked - A.Evertz

 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B303 - E.PACK & SOHNE Short Dress Bayonet ( Etched )

 Showing an E-Pack Nr.11 pattern etch ( for all service branches ) to Infantry Rgt.11. Almost certainly Pack due to the favoured offset rivet and spanner nut combination on the grip plates. Plating to bayonet 95% with two dark patches to non etched side of blade. With a working press stud and early eagle head pommel. The etch itself is well defined and clear, showing on the obverse side.

 Maker marked - None Visible

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ITEM : B304 - ALCOSO Stag Handled Short Dress Bayonet

 98% plating intact and approx the same for paint to scabbard. Blade rates excellent with one minor snag on the cutting edge. The grip plates are totally original and toned differently on each side, the red felt slug is in place denoting a Wehrmacht affiliation. The leather frog is good but missing a patch from the rear and overall and excellent bayonet from the Alcoso company.

 Maker marked - ACS 

SOLD

 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B305 - EICKHORN Weimar Short Dress Bayonet

 An excellent early Weimar dress bayonet dating around 1920-1930 with the early back to back Eickhorn squirrels trademark. The paint is original and 98% intact. The are two theories for the blackened finish, firstly it was applied in remembrance of the loss of WW1, secondly it was for black-out purposes. The blade is excellent and both horn grip plates are flawless.

 
Maker marked - EICKHORN
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B306 - EICKHORN Long Dress Bayonet ( Etched  )

 This bayonet is very early and is attributed to a " Gefr Schilf. 7.Artl.M.K. " the unit is thought to be The munitions column (Munitionskolonne) which is often seen as a “M.K.” attached to the 7th Feld Artillerie Regiment (1st Westfälisches). Thanks to FP!. The blade has minor greying and some plating loss to the hilt. The scabbard is in excellent condition and has had a swastika cut into the leather at some point in its history. Trade marked with back to back Eickhorn squirrels.

 
Maker marked - EICKHORN

SOLD
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B307 - E.PACK & SOHNE Short Dress Bayonet ( Etched )

 Etched to the Panzer Tank Defense Unit 24 " PANZER ABW. ABT. 24 " motif to blade with the Anti Tank Gun Unit " Panzerabwehr " etch to the opposite side. These patterns can be seen on pages 153 & 167 of W.Tetchets book on etched dress bayonets. Both recognised as Pack etches and rated as scarce the blade and etch has been heavily polished and some plating loss to finger guard due to wear. Stamped trademark and E-Pack rivets to grip plates, and red felt slug in place.

 
Maker marked - E-PACK
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B308 - E.PACK & SOHNE Weimar Short Dress Bayonet

 Another early Weimar dress bayonet with black finish in excellent condition. The blade is unmarked and rates excellent and the item is almost certainly E-Pack due to the grip retaining rivets. The horn grip plates are in great condition, leather buffer still in place and a working press stud to hilt. These blackened bayonets are rare and not often seen with original paint in good condition.

 
Maker marked - None visible
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B309 - KLAAS Stag Handled Short Dress Bayonet

 Almost mint, other than a little paint loss from the scabbard ball and a slight scratch to the reverse paint this bayonet by KLAAS is perfect. Heavily plated fittings and Wehrmacht red felt slug in place, even the buffer pad to blade is unworn. The leather frog retains all of its original brown finish and remains supple, the blade is spotless and bears a crisp KLAAS trademark.

 
Maker marked - KLAAS

UNAVAILABLE
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B310 - PUMA  Short Dress Bayonet ( Etched ) No scabbard

 A tired etched ( standard remembrance motto ) dress bayonet by PUMA, this one is minus a scabbard and hence the blade has suffered over the years with dark patches and plating loss especially to the non-motto side of the blade. The hilt fittings also have plating loss caused by impurities in the base metal. Grip plates are intact and undamaged and the etch clearly visible, frosting has long gone.

 
Maker marked - PUMA
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B311 - UNMARKED Imitation Stag Handled Short Dress Bayonet

 This is a very late war unmarked dress bayonet produced with wood grip plates to imitate original stag. The hilt fittings are un-plated and are polished base metal, they also bear rough tool marks normally observed on late war K98 combat bayonets. Paint to scabbard is virtually 100% although I have not checked under the black tarred frog. This piece reflects the urgency in production towards the latter parts of the war and as with the combat equivalent, relatively rare.

 
Maker marked - UNMARKED
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B312 - UNMARKED Weimar Short Dress Bayonet ( Etched )

 This Weimar dress bayonet is dedicated to a medical officer ( San Utffz hub kleinheidt ) and dated 1914-1917, it bears the early 3 rivet grip configuration made in horn and although unmarked my guess would be Eickhorn. The etch is a beauty, blued background and crisp detailing, a couple of light patches to obverse blade and a few light nicks to blade edge. Private purchase and possibly could be attributed. Black paint 90+% remaining to hilt, mostly gone to scabbard.

 
Maker marked - UNMARKED

UNAVAILABLE
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B313 - WINGEN Short Dress Bayonet

 A standard small pattern dress bayonet by Wingen Jnr, the birds head pommel on this example is very pronounced, both grip plates are intact as is the plating to the hilt fittings. The blade is excellent and has a crisp trademark and thick leather buffer. Missing its felt slug, the scabbard retains 90% paint and is a good representative example.

 
Maker marked - WINGEN Jnr
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B314 - WKC Long Dress Bayonet

 The bayonet itself is flawless, the plating to both blade and hilt fittings is thick and 100% intact. The blade bears the Weyersburg & Kirschbaum helmet logo and stamped WKC. Both grip plates are totally unworn and un-damaged, missing the pommel slug, the scabbard has lost the majority of its paint, with one dark patch towards the lower third.

 
Maker marked - WKC
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B315 - WKC Short Dress Bayonet ( Pommel Etch )

 This bayonet has an infantry pommel etch unique to the Eickhorn maker and hence is contentious on a bayonet by WKC, although the detailing and proportions of the etch are good compared to original known examples, it does not adhere to the norm and can only be viewed as a post war addition. The bayonet itself is in good condition, missing plating from the tip area of the blade and 40% paint loss to scabbard. No felt slug, leather buffer still in place.

 Maker marked - WKC
 
ITEM : B316 - EICKHORN Weimar Short Dress Bayonet

Weimar period private purchase dress bayonet, made by Eickhorn with the early back to back squirrel trademark. The hilt retains 75% of its original black finish, the grip plates are tight and undamaged and retained by 2 dome headed rivets as expected. The fullered blade has been sharpened but is in otherwise good condition. The scabbard has 75% original paint and a small dent 1" up from the ball. The frog is in good condition and is stamped CKY42.

 
Maker marked - EICKHORN
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B317 - HORSTER Long Dress Bayonet ( Pioneer )

 Another long pattern Pioneer by Horster, still retains original leather frog in good condition, this bayonet has minimal plating loss. The blade is excellent and unusually has evidence of a trademark on both sides of the blade although faint to the obverse. Possibly stamped on the wrong side by mistake and removed. Red felt slug in place and virtually all paint to scabbard intact. An excellent bayonet in a rare configuration.

 Maker marked - HORSTER

UNAVAILABLE
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B318 - EICKHORN Long Dress Bayonet ( Pioneer )

 A Pioneer made by Eickhorn that has some issues, both grip plates have cracks although they are firmly fixed and stable. The plating is good and approx 90% to hilt fittings, the blade has been sharpened and hence plating loss to the cutting edge, also bears the stamped Eickhorn TM. No felt slug and scabbard retainer missing, 95% original paint remaining.

 Maker marked - EICKHORN
 
Click here for full pictures - GERMAN DRESS BAYONET ITEM : B319 - UNMARKED Long Dress Bayonet ( Pioneer )

 This unmarked pioneer dress bayonet has a clipped pommel and shape to the grip that is different to other examples I have seen or own, probably from a lesser known manufacturer or made early in the period the hilt fittings appear to be polished rather than plated. The blade is mint and unmarked with leather buffer still intact and the hilt has the red felt slug denoting an infantry affiliation. Some minor surface darkening to the hilt fittings and both grip plates un-damaged.

 
Maker marked - UNMARKED
 
ITEM : B320 - ALCOSO Stag Handled Long Dress Bayonet Personalised

 A heavily plated period stag handled KS98 by Alcoso with blade dedication for " BEST ACHIEVEMENT 1934 FLIGHT SCHOOL BRAUNSCHWEIG " or " BEST LEISTUNG 1934 FLIEGERSCHULE BRAUNSCHWEIG ". The hilt fittings have some plating lift but nothing too drastic and the blade remains in good shape with clear crisp dedication and ACS makers mark. The original blade buffer remains in place. The scabbard has approx 50% paint and its original brown Luft unmarked frog in good condition. The knot would appear to be an army portapee but considering the Luftwaffe was not unveiled until 1935 and the wear evident to the knot, it could be original to the award date of 1934.

 Maker marked - ALCOSO

SOLD
 
ITEM : B321 - UNMARKED Weimar Blued Short Dress Bayonet 

 Due to the fact that this bayonet is blued instead of the usual black painted finish and the smaller quillion my guess is that it could be WW1 or possibly early 1920's. The grip plates are solid and undamaged and the fittings retain 90% of the original blu-ing. The blade is scratched but not sharpened and is unmarked. The scabbard has 70% paint and a good conditioned brass riveted unmarked frog. This is the first blued KS98 I have come across and can only be described as scarce. It would have been a private purchase piece in preference to the S98/05.

 Maker marked - UNMARKED
 
ITEM : B322 - EICKHORN Imitation Stag Handled Long Dress Bayonet

 This piece is typical late war production and due to the over the shoulder Eickhorn trademark can be dated to 1942. It has crude wooden grip plates chiselled to imitate stag. The blade is thinly plated with no lifting but does show wear or some dark spots, the trademark unusually faces down the blade. There is the slightest of movement on the blade probably down to the hasty assembly. The hilt plating remains largely intact with a black painted scabbard and 35% loss. A good representative example of production in decline.

 
Maker marked - EICKHORN
 
ITEM : B323 - E-PACK Long Dress Bayonet ( Pioneer )

 Another Pioneere dress bayonet, this time made by E-Pack, targeted at engineering troops the bayonet was produced without a hook or quillion and care should be taken when assessing these for originality, that the plating is intact on the rounded corner of the finger guard. In good order, the hilt fittings retain 95% plating, the grip plates are solid without damage, and the blade plating shows no lifting, it does however have one dark patch on the cutting edge caused by a 3" sharpening attempt. Hardly visible and you have to look for it.
 It has the rare Siegfried alongside E-Pack & Sohne trademark and a scabbard that has 85% paint intact.

 Maker Marked - E-PACK
 
ITEM : B324 - HORSTER Long Dress Bayonet ( Pioneer )

 Typical Horster production with the large oversized square looking pommel. This bayonet is in good condition with a flawless blade and crisp Horster trademark. The hilt plating rates 90% with the majority of the 10% missing from one section on the back-strap rifle slot, possibly caused from rifle mounting. The blade buffer is in place, grip plates are good and the black painted scabbard is 95% and numbered 835 on the throat.
 A nice good conditioned example.

 Maker Marked - HORSTER
 
ITEM : B325 - LUTTERS Short Dress Bayonet

 A heavily plated KS98 dress bayonet by Lutters. This one has full hilt plating intact and a thick blade buffer. The blade has one 2.5" patch of dark peppering on one side of the blade only and has the Lutters trademark in a prone position. The grip plates are good and firm, scabbard has 60% paint and the black frog is virtually flawless and unmarked. A nice clean German NCO dress bayonet.

 Maker Marked - LUTTERS
 

 

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