German WWII bayonet: prices, photos

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

The past two world wars have given the concept and experience in the manufacture and development of not only combat knives, but also bayonets for firearms.

This experience allowed us to develop the optimal size of a knife for trench or trench combat. The so-called scout knives began to be covered with an anti-reflective coating, making their surface matte or completely black.

Let's try to describe the features of some samples of German bayonet-knives.

German bayonet (second type, saw on the butt)

German standard bayonet 1884-1898 used with rifles designed by Mauser. Initially, these types were exported to the countries of South America. But with the outbreak of World War I, such bayonets began to be used in parts of the German army.

The execution options differed slightly from each other:

- blade shape;

- the presence of a saw on the butt of the bayonet.

Bayonet length:

• 445mm overall;
• 315 mm, blade length;
• 26mm blade width;
• on the butt of the blade is a saw with 25 double teeth.

Price: RUB 30,000

Police bayonet 1920s-1940s

Wehrmacht police bayonet knives were made,modifying the bayonets of the Weimar Republic. There are two main versions of the manufacture of bayonets:

• with operational rifle attachment systems.
• decorative abutment systems.

Due to the fact that a large number of private companies took part in the manufacture of the bayonet-knife, there are many copies that differ in decoration and small details.

The scabbard and hilt were stamped by the SD unit (Nazi secret security service).

Price: RUB 24,000

Bayonets of the Gottscho system

The World War I bayonet knives of this model were developed by Dr. L. Gottscho and secured by a patent dated 1914-14-11. Bayonets of this design were supplied to the armies of Bavaria and Württemberg.

Historical reference says that the number of bayonets "from Gottscho" reaches 27,000 pieces.

The Bavarian state arsenal was strongly opposed to the widespread introduction of this design. The main argument against arming the army with such bayonet-knives was:

- lack of experience in the manufacture of bayonet weapons;

- Poor workmanship.

Bayonet marking options are different due to the fact that there were many manufacturers for the manufacture of spare parts. Because of this, many differences can be found on Gottschö's bayonet knives. There are also options in which the German bayonet was with a saw on the butt of the blade.

Bayonet length:

• 500mm, total;
• 365-370mm, blade length;
• 22mm blade width;
• on the butt of the blade is a saw with 28 double teeth.

Price: RUB 60,000

World War I era trench bayonet knives

The name shows that such bayonet-knives were used in fleeting fights in cramped conditions - trenches or trenches.

In the trenches, instead of long, adjoining structures, short bayonets were successful, which were supplied to technical units (telegraphers, bicycle units, reservists).

During the First World War, the German bayonet-knife replaced the long-bladed weapon. I must say that there has been a change in fashion trends in military uniforms. A decoration for a uniform in the form of a knife, dagger or a short bayonet has become a "fashionable" attribute of a military uniform.

For this reason, compared to other armies, trench knives are widely used in the German army.

About 27 different designs of short bayonet-knives of the First World War period are known, which were officially adopted by parts of the German army and had the stamp of state acceptance.

I would like to note the "ersatz-bayonet" model, which has the function of adjoining to the rifle (adjacent daggers).

This unusual shape of the handle was made because of the desire to simplify the adjoining of short bayonets to firearms. But this form of the handle of this knife did not affect either the workers or the fighting qualities. The German bayonet-knife fits well in the palm andperforms the "piercing" function perfectly.

Bayonet length:

• 265mm overall;
• 150 mm, blade length;
• 22mm blade width.

Price: RUB 18,500

Ersatz-bayonets of the First World War

Shortly after the First World War began, by the end of 1914, the command drew attention to the dangerously rapid reduction not only in rifles, but also in bayonets for them. In this regard, it was decided to stamp a German bayonet using a simplified technology, according to which the hilt and handle were made of steel. Such models with brass hilts were used by the police. As a rule, such blades did not have fullers, which, in turn, made it possible to simplify and reduce the cost of their production.

The blades of such bayonets were straight, single-edged (but the end of the blade was double-edged).

Metal handle, hollow. The fastening of the handle with the shank is made with two polished rivets. It has a round hole on the side surface next to the cross. The head of the handle has a T-slot and a spring latch. Metal scabbard.

Some samples were also produced under the Russian Mosin rifle of the 1891 standard.

Price: RUB 18,000

Short bayonet KS 98

The figure below shows a German WWII bayonet-knife, short KS 98 (with belt) for Mauser rifles, dated 1933-1944.

Bayonet-knives of this type were adopted in 1901 formachine gun units. The troops began to enter in 1902. In 1908 they received the designation "short bayonet".

Since the period of the First World War, they were used in machine gun companies, as well as in aviation and automobile units. Until 1917, they were produced with a saw on the butt of a bayonet-knife. Handle plates were produced in different versions: corrugated leather or ebonite, or smooth wooden ones (appeared on knives at the end of 1913).

German bayonet 1941-1945 had circulation and as an attribute of the dress uniform. There are modifications that differ in the length of the blade itself, the number of rivets on the handle.

Bayonet length:

• 317mm overall;
• 197 mm, blade length;
• 23mm blade width.

Price: RUB 37,000