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Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £130.00

Portuguese M1886 Kropatschek Bayonet by Steyr. Single-fullered ‘yataghan’ downward-curving blade with spear point, steel cross hilt with straight lower quillon & circular finial, and upper quillon projecting from the muzzle ring. Brown wood slab grips riveted to the exposed tang, steel pommel with locking button, plain steel scabbard with frog hook. Blade 18½ inches in length, the bayonet 23½ inches overall. No maker’s mark to the spine of the blade – it may have been removed by polishing. The ricasso of the blade is stamped on one side with a clover-shaped Portuguese inspection mark. The hilt is stamped faintly on one side with ‘another clover inspection mark and on the other side with ‘J668’. The exposed tang is stamped with ‘7’. The throat of the scabbard is stamped with ‘NN63F’. The frog stud of the scabbard is faintly marked ‘WG’, a Steyr factory mark. The M1886 Kropatschek rifle proved to be reliable and had a long service life - while it was replaced by the 1904 Mauser in the Portuguese army it was used by colonial units in WW1, issued to the Portuguese Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and was still in use by colonial police as late as the 1960s. Its bayonet was one of the last to make use of the ‘yataghan’ downward-curving blade.

Nation : South African
Local Price : £130.00

South African Lee Enfield No. 9 Bayonet, With Uzi Blade. These bayonets were manufactured in South Africa by ARMSCOR or one of its contractors during the 1960s, using spare blades originally made by FN Herstal for the Uzi submachine gun: unfullered with a spear point and diamond profile. They were issued with the Lee Enfield No. 4 rifle to local defense groups collectively called the Commando System. These military reservists/militia were formally part of the Army but typically deployed as part of police actions, acting to secure more remote areas or where the police needed reinforcement. This example is complete with its South African pattern brown leather frog with buckled retaining strap and brass rivets. The bayonet retains its original blued finish with no edge damage, the scabbard is free of dents with only tiny spots of wear to its black lacquer.

Nation : British
Local Price : £130.00

Argentine Type A Knife Bayonet for the FN FAL with Tempex Frog, Falklands War, Early Export Model. Spear-pointed knife blade with partial false edge. Steel hilt with muzzle ring and integral flash-hider prongs, wood grip scales held by two screws, exposed tang, steel pommel. Steel scabbard with oval frog stud and ball finial, green nylon frog with retaining strap, plastic belt grip and wire hooks. Blade 7.75 inches (19.7cm) in length, the bayonet 12.44 inches (31.6cm) overall. The bayonet is stamped on the pommel with the serial number ’07167’. The scabbard body is stamped with ‘10023’. The FN FAL infantry rifle and its bayonet were adopted by Argentina in the late 1950s, initially purchased from FN in Belgium but later made domestically by Argentine manufacturers. Several types of bayonet and webbing attachments were used by the Argentinean Army and Marines during the Falklands conflict: the knife model with distinctive flash-hider ‘prongs’ on its muzzle ring was the ‘Type A’ bayonet, which fitted to the early FALs. Its blade was based upon the US M4. This was used side by side with the tubular ‘Type C’ model, which was introduced when a 22mm muzzle device was added to the FAL in 1962. The scabbards are not interchangeable between Types, the blades being of different shapes. This example is the early Belgian export model, shown by the smooth wood grip scales – the domestic Argentine type used ribbed plastic. The style of its stamped serial number indicates its Argentine service. Belt frogs for these bayonets are made of either leather or nylon fabric: the ‘Correaje Argentino de Cuero’ (Argentine Leather Belting) load-bearing system made of green-dyed leather was introduced around 1970, but incorporated some preexisting elements including leather frogs and pistol holsters, which were then painted green to match. The nylon ‘Correaje Tempex’ (Tempex Belting) was introduced in the early 1980s to replace it which included a new frog. Both forms of load-bearing system were still in use by 1982 so both were carried in the Falklands. Either frog will fit either Type of bayonet. After Argentine forces surrendered to the British on June 14 1982 their small arms were piled up by the thousand in the Islands’ capital Port Stanley, where most Argentine forces had been deployed or driven back to. A large quantity of arms had also been captured earlier at Goose Green, which was a key ammunition dump for the Argentine forces, and still more were gathered later from unengaged Argentine garrisons on the island of West Falkland. The FAL rifles became British government property and were either brought to the UK or dumped at sea, while bayonets and the short machete-like officer’s sidearms frequently became personal trophies or souvenirs for British soldiers as they would not be illegal to own in civilian life. This example is most likely one such ‘bring-back’. The blade is bright with small spots of light patination & light scratching, its edge unsharpened, the tip rounded. The grips have moderate handling wear, one deep chip to one of the slabs spanning between the rear screw and pommel. The hilt, pommel and exposed tang have light patination. The scabbard has been painted black, with scattered spots of chipping to the paint on the body where it is not protected by the frog, and the usual raised areas like the frog stud and edges, exposing lightly patinated steel. One very small dent near the chape. The frog is particularly good with only a couple of spots of light staining to the canvas on the front side.

Nation : British
Local Price : £130.00

Argentine Type A Knife Bayonet for the FN FAL with Leather Frog, Falklands War, Early Export Model. Spear-pointed knife blade with partial false edge. Steel hilt with muzzle ring and integral flash-hider prongs, wood grip scales held by two screws, exposed tang, steel pommel. Steel scabbard with frog hook and ball finial, green-painted leather frog with retaining strap. Blade 7.8 inches (19.8cm) in length, the bayonet 12.5 inches (31.8cm) overall. The bayonet is stamped on the pommel with the serial number ’16465’. The scabbard is stamped beside the mouth with ‘07152’. The FN FAL infantry rifle and its bayonet were adopted by Argentina in the late 1950s, initially purchased from FN in Belgium but later made domestically by Argentine manufacturers. Several types of bayonet and webbing attachments were used by the Argentinean Army and Marines during the Falklands conflict: the knife model with distinctive flash-hider ‘prongs’ on its muzzle ring was the ‘Type A’ bayonet, which fitted to the early FALs. Its blade was based upon the US M4. This was used side by side with the tubular ‘Type C’ model, which was introduced when a 22mm muzzle device was added to the FAL in 1962. The scabbards are not interchangeable between Types, the blades being of different shapes. This example is the early Belgian export model, shown by the smooth wood grip scales – the domestic Argentine type used ribbed plastic. The style of its stamped serial number indicates its Argentine service. Belt frogs for these bayonets are made of either leather or nylon fabric: the ‘Correaje Argentino de Cuero’ (Argentine Leather Belting) load-bearing system made of green-dyed leather was introduced around 1970, but incorporated some preexisting elements including leather frogs and pistol holsters, which were then painted green to match. The nylon ‘Correaje Tempex’ (Tempex Belting) was introduced in the early 1980s to replace it which included a new frog. Both forms of load-bearing system were still in use by 1982 so both were carried in the Falklands. Either frog will fit either Type of bayonet. In design terms the leather frogs are a Mauser design, but as can be seen on this example the seam on the left side is tucked under before being stitched, giving it an asymmetrical shape. This creates room for the ‘prongs’ of the bayonet’s flash hider to slide over the leather on the right side, a modification made on later examples specifically for the FAL bayonet. After Argentine forces surrendered to the British on June 14 1982 their small arms were piled up by the thousand in the Islands’ capital Port Stanley, where most Argentine forces had been deployed or driven back to. A large quantity of arms had also been captured earlier at Goose Green, which was a key ammunition dump for the Argentine forces, and still more were gathered later from unengaged Argentine garrisons on the island of West Falkland. The FAL rifles became British government property and were either brought to the UK or dumped at sea, while bayonets and the short machete-like officer’s sidearms frequently became personal trophies or souvenirs for British soldiers as they would not be illegal to own in civilian life. This example is most likely one such ‘bring-back’. The blade is bright with frosting and light patination in places, its edge unsharpened with no damage, the tip rounded. The grips have light handling wear and a few small dents, one small chip next to a screw on one side. The hilt, pommel and scabbard have small spots of light patination. The frog remains flexible with only small spots of rubbing to the green paint, its stitching is wholly intact. Some surface level cracking to the retaining strap but this too remains flexible and will readily fasten.

Nation : British
Local Price : £180.00

British Lee Enfield 1907 Pattern Bayonet, Rugby School Officers Training Corps. Straight single-fullered knife blade, steel hilt with muzzle ring, wood slab grips secured by two screws, steel beaked pommel with oil hole and locking button. Black leather No. 1 Mk 2 scabbard with steel locket & teardrop frog stud and steel chape piece. 1925 Pattern khaki canvas frog with retaining loop and distinctive brass button to clip the frog to the belt. The ricasso is stamped on one side with a crown, 1907 (the pattern) ‘9 17’, indicating the manufacture date of September 1917, the manufacturer’s mark ‘SANDERSON’, four crown inspection stamps (three with ‘E’ indicating the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield), and multiple reissue stamps dated ’27, ’31 and ’39. On the other side it is stamped with a ‘broad arrow’ War Department stores mark, three more crown inspection stamps with ‘E’, and an ‘X’ indicating that it passed a manufacturer’s bending test. The pommel is stamped with ‘O.T.C’ over ‘RUG’ over ‘283’. This indicates that this was bayonet number 283 used by the Rugby School OTC (Officers’ Training Corps). The throat piece of the scabbard is stamped with a diamond-shaped manufacturer’s mark. The leather of the scabbard is stamped next to the seam with two further crown inspection marks, a broad arrow and an illegible mark which would be the manufacture date - all these marks being faint from rubbing. A large number of volunteer units sprang up across the United Kingdom during the late 1850s after a national appeal by the Secretary of State for War, due to a perceived threat of invasion of Britain by France. Oxford and Cambridge universities were very quick to respond with the formation of their own units of Rifle Volunteers, and some schools also followed suit, Rugby being one of the first wave of six schools to form their own Corps in 1860. As years went by the number of school units only increased until by 1898 there were 39, with another surge of interest due to the Boer War nearly doubling that number by 1902. These school units provided early experience for young men who would then be in a good position to move up to the university units and perhaps a military career afterward. There was lively competition between Corps for shooting prizes in particular, with Rugby one of the most successful – although it may be said that success came in part with a school’s willingness to spend on equipment and training. The Officers’ Training Corps were established in 1906 as part of the wide-ranging Haldane Reforms to the British Army’s structure. The OTCs were intended to alleviate the shortage of trained officers in the various volunteer units (Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteer Force and Reserve of Officers) by forming a system of junior training units in public schools and senior ones in universities. Some of the junior OTCs were formed out of the existing school Cadet Corps, which by this date numbered more than fifty, while senior OTCs were often formed from the university units. During WW1 the OTCs became training units for supplying officers to the regiments, an OTC Certificate generally considered full qualification to become an officer, although some individuals chose for various reasons to enlist in the ranks. Rugby School OTC supplied 291 recruits, all of them gazetted officers, between August 1914 and March 1915. The Rugby School Cadet Corps still exists today as part of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), with Army, Royal Marines and RAF contingents. Under the modern Army structure it serves as a leadership and training organisation, teaching a number of military skills but with no obligation to go on to full military service. Because of its features this bayonet must postdate 1910, and was probably issued to replace the 1903 Pattern bayonets that were initially issued to school Corps. Its frog is quite a scarce pattern: the 1925 Pattern frog was issued to the RAF and in fact was not made in khaki until 1932 when the Canadian government appears to have ordered a number of them from the Mills Equipment Company. The 1937 Pattern generally replaced these so it may have been handed down as surplus and found its way to an OTC unit – as its reissue marks attest this bayonet was still in use as of 1939. The scabbard is not actually fully fitted into it – it arrived this way and I do not wish to force the stiff canvas too much to get the frog stud into it, although I think there is enough give. The blade has a matt parkerised finish with streaks of rubbing, some scratches and spots of light patination. Some small nicks to the sharpened edge near the tip, the tip rounded. The blued band at the shoulder of the blade is intact. The hilt, pommel and scabbard fittings are blued with some light rubbing on raised edges, but have also been impacted by rust leading to areas of moderate to heavy pitting and encrustation, the latter most notable on the throat piece of the scabbard. While this is removable by polishing, that would also remove the remaining blueing. Only a few small dents to the wood grips. The leather scabbard body has some light dents and surface abrasion. All the scabbard’s stitching remains intact.

Nation : -
Local Price : £125.00

Brown Bess Bayonet. Brown Bess bayonet this is an early pattern looks to be a pick up as there is some pitting .

Nation : Austro-Hungarian
Local Price : £125.00

Czech M1924 Bayonet (VZ 24), Dated 1946, Chromed. Single fullered spear pointed knife blade with reversed cutting edge (on the same side as the muzzle ring), steel hilt with muzzle ring and protruding rivets, wood scale grips attached by two screws, steel beaked pommel with locking button. Steel scabbard with frog hook and ball finial. The blade is stamped on one side at the ricasso with ‘ČSZ’ over ‘D’. ČSZ stands for Československá Zbrojovka, the state arms factory in Brno. Its exposed tang is stamped with a three-part stamp ‘E3’, followed by a lion emblem, followed by ‘46’, indicating the year of manufacture was 1946.The scabbard frog hook is stamped with a crossed-swords emblem. The M1924, or VZ 24, was the first bayonet adopted by Czechoslovakia after its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. It fits the vz. 24 rifle, which was a derivative of the M1898 Mauser rifle that could be chambered in multiple calibres depending on customer demand. These rifles and their bayonets were widely exported, notably to South American countries: Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua and Ecuador were all users, and it was found on both sides of South American conflicts of the 1920s and ‘30s such as the Chaco War and Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. During the Spanish Civil War Catalan Republican forces were supplied with vz. 24s purchased by the Soviets. Chinese Nationalist forces purchased 195,000 over the course of a decade (1927-1937), used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Iran placed multiple orders and also produced a version under license. Large numbers were captured from Czech arsenals after the fall of the Czech Republic in 1939 and reissued to German forces under the designation Gewehr 24(t) - the Czech factories continued to produce these rifles under occupation, with modifications to match German standards. Nearly 500,000 vz. 24s were also ordered by Romania during the occupation. Production of true Czech VZ 24 bayonets resumed in 1946, through the Communist takeover of 1948, until it was finally halted in 1950 ahead of the introduction of the vz. 52 rifle. All metal parts of the bayonet have been chromed, possibly for parade use – the chrome is bright with no wear or chipping to the plating. There is some dimpling to the blade, which is underneath the plating. The scabbard is free of dents and has very little wear to its deeply blued finish. The wood grips are undamaged.

Nation : -
Local Price : £125.00 GBP

WW2 Bayonet for VZ24. The bayonet used with the Czechoslovak VZ24 Mauser rifle during WW2."