German Nazi era long dress bayonet in scabbard with 9 ½” blade.
£135
A German WW2 / Nazi era long dress bayonet in scabbard with 9 ½” blade. Reduced size K98 pattern plated hilt with finely chequered rivet retained Bakelite / plastic grip scales has working spring release catch to the rear right. Plated single edged fullered blade with cross guard having a reversed quillion to the lower half. In its original black painted steel scabbard. Not actually designed to fit on a rifle despite the locking catch etc these dress bayonets were private purchase items to be worn mostly by enlisted men and NCO’s of the pre-war Wehrmacht and other pseudo military units while wearing uniform socially, which many did when going out at weekends or evenings during the period of Nazi rule. Blade lengths varied from the ‘short’ 8” examples up to ‘long’ 10” variants. This non manufacture marked 9 ½” blade example is typical of those dress bayonets. In good condition with clean polished blade having a small R/H set to the very tip which probably dates from the time of manufacture, very good plastic grips with no chips or cracks in a good scabbard. The blade and hilt retaining much original plated finish. An interesting German dress bayonet of the much less common long variety.
