Sword Bayonets Argentian to Holland

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China,

Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland

For sorting purposes I have chosen Bayonets with above 12" blades to be classed as "Sword"

(more to come) Note:- click on image for larger version of images

last updated 26/05/03

ARGENTINA
	M1891 with brass grips
	M1891 with white alloy grips
	M1891 with alloy grips
	1909
	German Weyersberg makers mark
	Argentinean Crest on Ricasso and matching serials on blade and scabbard
	1909 Mauser made by Argentinean manufacturer
	Argentinean Crest on Argentine made 1909
	Manufacturer marks on 1909 ricasso

AUSTRIA
	1867 Yataghan in shortened condition added 24/5/03
	Close up of right hilt, showing the sight on the top of the muzzle ring and 5 rivet grips with external spring. Ricasso has GF stamp on it. Unit marks on crossguard added 24/5/03
	Close up of left hilt Maker C&J over W mark on Ricasso
	1870 with shortened blade
	Large press stud on 1870
	OE/WG marking on scabbard and cross guard markings
	1873 Yataghan, this model has short lightened blade used on the modified 67 and 70 models. It also uses a coil spring rather than the earlier external spring added 24/5/03
	Three rivet leather grips, LW unit marks on cross guard added 24/5/03
	OEWG mark of maker on blade (Steyr) added 24/5/03
	Scabbard frog stud marked with OEWG for Steyr manufacture added 24/5/03

AUSTRALIA
	No6 trials?
	What appears to be a 17" No6 trials bayonet, however there are dimensional differences and a lack of markings. The poor quality blade is more like the South African 1907 in forging quality so is probably a fake. Late pattern cross guard with large muzzle ring used for Jungle Carbine trials )
	1920 Lithgow with double stitched scabbard
	Ricasso marks on Lithgow
	Stitch line on both sides of scabbard
	M1907

BELGIUM last update 2/10/2002
	1889 long
	Ricasso and Cross guard marks
	Matching numbers on cross guard and scabbard however the poor condition of the scabbard on this very rare bayonet make it impossible to photograph
	Long Export
	Long Export
	M1916

BRAZIL
	M1904 parade bayonet Belgian made, identified by Jeffrey de Ler
	Belgian Markings on Parade 1904
	1904 German made
	German makers marks
	Beta mark on Pommel indicating Brazilian use of above blades
	Thought to be Belgium export to Brazil

CANADA
	UK 1907 pattern Bayonet
	UK 1907 pattern bayonet Ricasso stamps showing Vickers manufacture and Canadian acceptance marks

CHILE
	Dress blade for Police, German made from cut down French Gras bayonet blade and scabbard

CHINA
	Bayonet for unknown rifle, uses original 1874 French Gras blade, scabbard and cross guard with new pommel and grips added 27/7/03
	Crossguard and just visible is the original Gras ricasso mark added 27/7/03
	Original Arsenal marks re just visible on spine of blade added 27/7/03
	UK 1856 style pommel with wooden grips cut to resemble the French 1866 Chassepot bayonet added 27/7/03
	Pommel looks very similar to the 1856 Yataghan style in shape and style added 27/7/03
	Chinese made Arisaka with original frog added 24/6/03
	Frog s modelled on the original Japanese pattern added 24/6/03
	Original Frog reverse side added 24/6/03
	Hilt uses Japanese style oval screws added 24/6/03
	Crude Braze on attaching the pommel to the tang added 24/6/03
	Is this a marking or just corrosion marks (Juken30 ) has identified this mark as the Arsenal marking for the 90th Arsenal under Communist control added 24/6/03
	Bayonet made for a Mauser type bayonet added 24/6/03
	Hilt, note that the fixings are oval as in the Japanese Arisaka blades added 24/6/03
	Also rivets are not central on tang added 24/6/03
	Not sure if this is supposed to be a copy of the Gras or of the Peabody added 4/7/03
	T backed blade is not as well formed as European blades with very heavy T and less defined T shape added 4/7/03
	Hilt is straight backed not humped as for the Gras added 4/7/03
	Frog strap on scabbard is much narrower than the European made ones and scabbard is of thinner material added 4/7/03
	Pommel is ground flat to allow it to mount, maybe like the Germans the original Gras Hump has been removed to fit to a later type rifle added 4/7/03
	1871(?) date and unknown blade script added 4/7/03
	Belgian made Ersatz bayonet, uses old Belgian socket blade fixed to a sheet steel hilt. added 24/5/03
	Pressed steel hilt, similar to those used on some German WWI ersatz blades added 24/5/03
	added 24/5/03
	French 1866 copy, has stepped hilt similar to the German WWI conversions to fit the 1871
	Blade fullers extend under the cross guard
	Hilt spring is very thin
	Blade is narrower than the Chassepot and muzzle ring adjuster uses nut and bolt
	Hilt grooves are very crudely made
	Comparison of French and Chinese models
	Side view of French and Chinese versions
	German style frog stud
	Mukden Arisaka made after the Japanese had left added 8/11/02
	Crudely made blade has Mukden arsenal stamp on the ricasso. Blade shows heavy signs of grinding under a dark blued finish (Juken30) has identified the additional ricasso mark as the 90th Arsenal under National Chinese control (1945 to 1948) Many thanks added 8/11/02
	Late war pattern crossguard and pommel combined with grips held together by a rivets added 8/11/02
	rivets hold the grips together added 8/11/02
	Chinese Mauser made with Japanese Arisaka blade added 18/10/02
	Tokyo arsenal Arisaka blade added 18/10/02
	Grips are made with screw headed added 18/10/02
	Rivets added 18/10/02
	1920 model based on UK 1907 / Japanese Arisaka style blade.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
	Refurbished German 98/05 used by initial units on formation of Czech republic in 1918
	E Lion 23 markings on 98/05 added 24/5/03

DENMARK last update 20/7/2002
	1867 with shortened blade
	Markings on cross guard markings
	Markings on cross guard markings

	1914
	Pommel of 1914

EGYPT
	1867/70 Remington
	Ricasso stamp
	Comparison of Remington Hilt with French Chassepot hilt
	1867/70 Remington. with Arabic script added 27/7/03
	on both sides of bayonet added 27/7/03
	and on the pommel added 27/7/03
	Remington slot without chamfer found on the French 1866 Chassepot. Note B in slot, significance of this is not yet known added 27/7/03
	Arabic serial on pommel of UK 1903, thought to be Egyptian added 24/5/03
	Arabic serial on pommel of UK 1907, thought to be Egyptian added 24/5/03
	Ricasso marks on 1907 show it to be new made in 1928 by Sanderson and blued to old original style not UK style of period added 24/5/03

FINLAND
	1927 made by Hackman (1927 has convex grinding to edge)
	Hackman makers mark
	SKY marked 1928 Mosin Nagant
	Close up of SKY markings
	1928 Mosin Nagant

FRANCE
	1842 second model added 24/5/03
	Steel cross guard identifies this as 1842, the earlier 1840 has a brass cross guard added 24/5/03
	Right ricasso marks added 24/5/03
	Right hilt showing leaf spring locking mechanism, the later 1842/59 has a locking mechanism operated by a coil spring added 24/5/03
	heavy scabbard has heavy frog strap added 24/5/03
	Mle 1842/59 bayonet, with internal coil spring locking. Much heavier blade than the 1866 and a "rough" cast iron cross guard instead of brass cross guard of 1842.
	Belgian made 1866 with French serial number on cross guard, ricasso mark is Crown over CB or CH added 24/5/03
	Reeves Birmingham UK made 1866 added 24/5/03
	Grips of Reeves made 1866 added 24/5/03
	1886 Chassepot back of blade marked "M^re d'armes de St Etiene Fevrier 1874". Right side of blade marked with M and G in circles, left side of cross guard marked AB 97047. Quillion stamped with crowned D and two other stamps
	1886 Chassepot Right side of blade marked with M and G in circles, left side of cross guard marked O 6090. Quillion stamped with crowned G and two other stamps. Scabbard painted black. stamped B 88006
	Chromed 1866 Chassepot
	A 1866 Chassepot style bayonet with a brass plug filling the location that the bottom rivet would have taken, it is possible that this is a late FP war version which were reputedly made without the rivet to make production easier but I have not been able to confirm this Identified as a Defense National model made during the Franco Prussian war, the more normal ones without lower rivet, have a dimple one one side without a hole on the other side, this one is different because of the brass infill added 24/5/03
	Brass plug doesn't penetrate the hilt added 24/5/03
	Remington re-hilt of earlier Funcke blade
	Belgian makers mark on an 1866 Chassepot bayonet, Notice pommel differences to the normal 1866 model added 24/6/03
	Pommel has different shape than normal Chassepot blades with a sharper beak and more rounded back. Although this bayonet has a French serial who was it originally for added 24/6/03
	Z serials were used to denote bayonets issued without rifles as side arms added 24/6/03
	Doubled barrel muzzle ring, probably a hunting blade rather than a Franco Prussian war period model but ..... added 24/6/03
	All brass hilt and crossguard, colour is lighter than the normal 1866 hilt. There is signs of verdigris on inside of muzzle ring showing it has some age. added 24/6/03
	Blade shows 8bre 1868 date but no arsenal marks. Is this a reject chassepot blade re-used added 24/6/03
	Slot is the un-chamfered Remington style added 24/6/03
	1874 Gras
	M1874 Gras
	M1874 Gras with cut outs in scabbard (for Scottish highland dancing, cuts allow scabbard and blade to be joined at right angles)
	M1886 Lebel
	M1886/93/16 with quillion removed
	1886 leather covered to convert to swagger stick
	Professional leather covering
	M1892 Mannlicher Berthier

GERMANY
	S71 bayonet in brass mounted leather scabbard added 24/5/03
	Matching unit marks on blade and scabbard, blade has 1872 spine acceptance stamp added 24/5/03
	Bavarian Werder bayonet with modified hilt, in brass mounted leather scabbard added 24/5/03
	Rear of pommel shows the grinding used to allow it to mount on a different rifle to original Werder rifle added 24/5/03
	Close up of grinding, a two step grind is also available added 24/5/03
	Makers mark of W&ST in an arc of Solingen added 24/5/03
	Unit marks on cross guard added 24/5/03
	Leather of scabbard is marked as well, but not legible added 24/5/03
	Commercial S71, without fullers and with steel ersatz style scabbard
	Knights Head makers mark
	1871
	G1898 with original leather scabbard
	G98 with chromed scabbard, pommel and blade
	S98/05 aA without flash guard and with partial muzzle ring
	close up of grip damage on 98/05 without flash guard
	S98/05 aA
	S98/05 nA S
	S98/05 nA
	S98/05 nA
	S98/05 nAand blued blade
	98/05 S abg - sawback removed
	S98/05 S abg - close up of ground area
	88/98 ersatz with original 98/05 scabbard (EB47)
	88/98 ersatz 7 groove steel hilt with plain blade with narrow fullers (EB47)
	88/98 ersatz with Parralel blade
	Ersatz Carter (EB47)
	Unit marks on Ersatz bayonet
	1920 date on cross guard of Weimar republic bayonet
	S98/05 with V notched hilt used between wars period
	S98/05 with V notched hilt used between wars period - showing spring under operative press stud
	S98/05 aA transitional
	Throat markings on aA transitional S98/05 leather scabbard
	S98/05 nA transitional sawback with leather scabbard
	Ersatz with FAG scabbard
	Close up of the FAG markings on the scabbard
	Re issued French 1866 Chassepot
	Chassepot modified scabbard
	Ersatz
	S98/05 S abg - sawback removed
	Ersatz
	Bavarian 1915 Ersatz with leather look scabbard
	Bavarian 1915 Ersatz with leather look scabbard close up
	Bavarian 1915 51 tooth sawback in original 98/05 sawback leather scabbard
	Unit markings on leather scabbard for Ersatz 98/05 sawback
	1915 Ersatz hilt
	Ersatz Carter EB17
	Ersatz bayonet - identified as EB24 by Carter
	Ersatz Carter EB47
	Ersatz
	Ersatz with different fullers than that above

GREECE
	1903, with T back blade
	Blade showing Italian makers mark, making this the rare version of the blade

HOLLAND
	1873 Beaumont first pattern converted to later long spring pattern added 24/5/03
	Brass plug fills the original location of the fixing for the original short spring added 24/5/03
	Additional length of spring is evident from moved location of fixing point added 24/5/03
	P Stevens Maastricht makers mark on Ricasso. added 24/5/03
	Obverse ricasso added 24/5/03
	1873 Beaumont Yataghan based on the French 1866 added 24/5/03
	A brass collar ahs been moulded to the quillion added 24/5/03
	Crown over JA stamp on ricasso added 24/5/03
	P Stevens of Maastricht makers marks added 24/5/03
	Right hilt has the later pattern long spring, first model had short spring which was modified to the longer spring and the existing holes were filled added 24/5/03
	Left hilt added 24/5/03
	Scabbard on this blade is most likely to be a French 1866 substitution and not the original Dutch model, based on the serial added 24/5/03
	M1895
	M895 close up of markings