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Austrian 1895 Austrian and Hungarian made |
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Total length =354 mm |
blade length
=22.8 mm |
blade width
=22.8 mm |
MRD=15.1 mm |
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Austrian 1895 with Pommel stamps for Czechoslovak
acceptance
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Czech marked blade, Hungarian made Hilt Ricasso markings FGGY makers mark and S lion stamp of Czech use |
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1895 with Czech markings on frog stud and ricasso |
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1895 with OEWG and unknown ricasso mark
Unknown ricasso marking
Austrian OEWG marks on opposite ricasso
Czech acceptance marks on pommel
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Austrian 1895 NCO model Issued to Czech unit
Pommel Marking shows 3 Cavalry issue (3J) pre 1936
Original Austrian makers mark
Added Czech marking on opposite ricasso of S Lion 8 for an Oppava
based infantry unit |
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Austrian 1895 with
Czech markings |
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Unknown makers mark of intertwined BB on Czech issued 1895 |
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Austrian 1895 made by MO and used by Czechoslovakia MO makers mark on right ricasso
S lion 9 mark on left Ricasso, indicates Czech usage and acceptance at Bratislava
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1895 Artillery with he added front sight on the muzzle ring
Adjustable sight on the muzzle ring
Original OEWG Austrian makers mark
GET property of Cetnictvo - Gendarmery of CSR very low weapon number
(identified by Andy of BCN)
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BFM marked 1895
BFM mark and S lion 1 acceptance mark
Not sure if this is the remains of a mark or random pitting
Unknown Pommel mark
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Austrian 1895
OEWG mark is over stamped with Czech acceptance mark
Original Austrian eagle remains
CSZ frog stud mark |
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CET marked ex Austrian 1895 |
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Hungarian made 1895 NCO model
Scabbard frog stud shows divisional marking for Ceske Budejovice (S5)
Ricasso shows divisional marking for Olomouc (S7) |
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VZ24 |
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Austrian made VZ24
Czech and Austrian
markings |
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CZ24 made under German occupation WaA63 marks only
WaA63 stamp on frog stud
WaA on tang as well, note dark black grips |
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T block VZ24 with
oversize grips
Serial under Pommel
and along tang, and oversize grips
Swan (?) mark on
hilt of VZ24 |
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1923 marked VZ24
bayonet |
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VZ24 manufactured
under German occupation, blade is Circle Z marked on one ricasso and has the
German WaA stamp A80 on the other
WaA stamp A80
predates 945 and DOT coded German made VZ's |
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VZ24 Variation,
probably for a South American country Has slightly different pommel and
muzzle ring shapes
N block CSZ marking
Comparison of
standard VZ24 (top) to variation |
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1924 dated VZ24
1924 date on
Ricasso
8HN unit pommel
marks |
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Unlikely to be an issue weapon and more likely to be a "homer" but very well
done.
Muzzle ring on unmarked VZ24 type bayonet are not fully removed leaving very
high ears
Nicely ground UK Bowie style point on blade
Only marking is serial number on the pommel, most likely to be a South
American issue blade originally |
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VZ24 type blade with edge down and not edge up as normal Edge down on standard pommel |
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VZ 24 VZ24 Ricasso marks
and scabbard with German style side screw. |
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VZ24 with markings
showing manufacture by BRNO (tgf) under Russian control (crossed swords)
in 1950 |
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Export VZ |
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Scabbard and hilt markings
on Export VZ |
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VZ24 de Ringed
leaving very high "ears" |
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Ricasso markings on
VZ24, crossguard has circled z marking |
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VZ 24 made under
German occupation by BRNO factory, marked with 945 manufacturer code on
ricasso |
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VZ24 DOT 42 coded
with blued blade
DOT 42 scabbard
marks
DOT42 coded VZ24
with blade in white
WaA stamp on
scabbard stud
DOT 42 MARKED
SCABBARD |
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VZ 24 DOT coded,
with muzzle ring
DOT markings and muzzle ring. |
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Heavily blued post
war manufactured VZ24 marked E3 46 Marking on tang and
not ricasso as pre war models |
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CSV over E on blade
ricasso
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Z1 30 scabbard frog
markings of pre war scabbard |
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607 marked blade
showing Bystrica production around 1941
607 ricasso stamp,
opposite face shows the Circled Z Czech marking
Pommel marking 7.S,
meaning of this is currently unknown |
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VZ24 manufactured
under German occupation, blade is Circle Z marked on one ricasso and has the
German WaA stamp A80 on the other
WaA stamp A80
predates 945 and DOT coded German made VZ's |
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VZ24 without pommel rifle mounts, came in a FS marked scabbard |
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Czech lion marked frog for the VZ series of
bayonets
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VZ33 |
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Total length =354 mm |
blade length
=22.8 mm |
blade width
=22.8 mm |
MRD=15.1 mm |
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VZ33 with FS hilt marking, unfortunately the scabbard is not FS marked. As
in all of these blades the CSZ has been defaces. FS is for customs use, as
opposed to CETN for the police. This is an uncommon marking
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Total length =354 mm |
blade length
=22.8 mm |
blade width
=22.8 mm |
MRD=15.1 mm |
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VZ33 with CÉTN markings
Pommel CÉTN markings
Partially removed CSZ marks on ricasso
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Total length =354 mm |
blade length
=22.8 mm |
blade width
=22.8 mm |
MRD=15.1 mm |
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VZ33 de-ringed by Germans in WWII
VZ33 markings
Pommel marks |
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Total length =354 mm |
blade length
=22.8 mm |
blade width
=22.8 mm |
MRD=15.1 mm |
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VZ33 in white, rather than the German reworked
blued finish. The S in the CSZ on the ricasso has been struck out, was this
done by the Czechs or the Germans. Tang and frog stud are marked E Lion 35
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