The steel scabbard is also original and in good order with just a couple of very minor dents to be expected. The grooved wood grips are original and un-damaged. The blade has just light staining consistent with age and is crisply marked with the Durkopp manufacturer name and trademark. The back edge of the 14 ½” butcher blade has indistinct inspection marks and a 1916 date. This is a nice WW1 era Imperial German Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser Butcher bayonet by Durkopp. there is a feint Solingen mark on the left side of the blade which would suggest this was a blade made else where and finished by Durkopp Werke. Durkopp Werke made their own bayonets and finished blades by other manufacturers, notably Rich.A.Herder and F Koeller and Co. They were producing bayonets in 1916 & 1917 some of which are dated & others as with our example are without date. The Company’s distinctive trademark includes their company name & large ‘D’ enclosing a factory. BAYO 556 - BAYO 556ĭurkopp Werke A.G were well established makers of sewing machines, Bicycles, cars & lorries before WW1. WW1 1916 Dated Imperial German Durkopp Werke Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser Butcher Bayonet And Steel Scabbard. The s is a nice complete and genuine pre-war German dress bayonet set. The frog is the standard small black leather version and comes with a red and silver dress knot that has been with the frog all of its life. The scabbard is the standard black gloss painted version with some wear to the paint but no damage. This bayonet also retains its original leather hilt washer. The pommel has a mortice slot and a working button. The black chequered plastic grips are undamaged and are retained by two rivets.
The blade is virtually mint and has a fuller on each side.
This is a nice complete set comprising a German M98 dress bayonet with the longer 9 ¾ inch blade carried by enlisted min and the blade is marked with the maker Robert Klass, Solingen below their trademark of 2 kissing cranes. German M98 Dress Bayonet, Scabbard And Knot by Robert Klass, Solingen. This is a scarce M1898 bayonet with the crown over RC This is the first of these bayonets we have seen. The scabbard is a steel mounted black leather version with minor dents but no damage. The steel pommel release button functions correctly. The bayonet has a 20 ½” pipeback blade with swell point tip and a central fuller, a steel crossguard with upswept quillon and grooved slab wood grips. There is no evidence of any repairs to this bayonet and Carter states that it was probably used when grips were replaced or muzzle rings which had been damaged and were re-sharpened, these being the commonest reasons for bayonets to be re-furbished. Anthony Carter in his book German Bayonets states that this is thought to be a repair mark similar to the British crowned BR (Birmingham Repair). The spine of the blade carries a crow n over RC instead of the usual crown over the date. The blade is stamped W.K &CIE SOLINGEN (Weyersberg Kirschbaum, Solingen) and carries their trademark. The Model 1898 Bayonet was the Imperial German response to the French 1886 Lebel narrow bladed bayonet. This is a nice Seitengewehr M1898 pipeback bayonet for the Mauser M98 rifle which was the principal arm of the German army in W.W.1. Imperial German Seitengewehr Model 1898 Pipe Back Bayonet By Weyersberg Kirschbaum, SolingenFor G98 Rifles. Its original black painted steel scabbard has a riveted integral leather belt loop (its retaining strap with press stud fastener is absent).
The steel crank handle retains its original olive green paint. It's square shank ricasso is crisply stamped with the Demag roundel and the reverse 'Gesetzlich Geschutzt'. The undamaged lightly stained double edged blade with medial ridge is 6" long (10 ½” overall). The combination knife bayonet has a unique “crank” shaped steel handle and steel crossguard, which is instantly identifiable with bayonet lug slot and button which works as it should. They were produced by Deutsche Maschinefabrik A-G of Duisburg, and the collector nickname originates from the circular DEMAG – DUISBURG makers mark on the ricasso. These knife Bayonets were popular private purchase weapons for German infantry men fighting in the trenches of the Western Front, as they provided a much handier and more useful multipurpose tool than that standard Mauser M-1898 bayonet.
17950Īn original World War I Imperial German Army, Aufpflanzbarer Grabendolch or Fixable Trench Knife Bayonet, often referred to by collectors as the DEMAG. WW1 Era DEMAG, Imperial German Army, Aufpflanzbarer Grabendolch Or Fixable Trench Knife Bayonet & Scabbard With Integral Belt Loop.
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