Photos WWI Knife and sheath? Please help identify.

[Bob Hallock]

This looks like perhaps a WWI knife to me, but it has no

markings. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[marcinek]

Welcome...first impression I think its German WW2...could be wrong....

 

[Danke42]

Looks like a bayonet. Maybe someone took a hacksaw to it?

 

[Lapedog]

I believe it is a German bayonet of some sort. I am not sure if it is WW1 or 2 but I imagine it was probably manufactured at around the samentime as its corresponding rifle.

Now I believe this is a Kar98 bayonet, they chopped that extended guard off most of them at some point in history.

Now I find it very weird that yours has no markings. Also noticed yours has the slot at the butt to attatch to a rifle but no button at the butt. I find that strange and have no explanation other than maybe it is a reproduction?

 

[cali]

German WW2 Short Dress Bayonet, but without a latch and markings?

 

[Bob Hallock]

Looks like a bayonet. Maybe someone took a hacksaw to it?

I don't see that anything has been sawed off.

 

[Bob Hallock]

German WW2 Short Dress Bayonet, but without a latch and markings?

No latch or markings.

 

[Bob Hallock]

German WW2 Short Dress Bayonet, but without a latch and markings?

No latch or markings.

 

[marcinek]

Now I believe this is a Kar98 bayonet, they chopped that extended guard off most of them at some point in history.

The KS98 Mauser Bayonet (1939-ish) has no extended guard to chop off. Only a bottom guard. I am going with a short/dress version on that KS98 bayonet.

 

[Lapedog]

The bottom guard is the extended guard I was talking about. Alot of k98 bayonets look similar to this one except with that bottom guard chopped down.

 

[Bob Hallock]

Thank you everyone!

 

[leghog]

If it were "official" German from NAZI era, it would have Waffen stamps with swastika. Otherwise commercial made and purchased dress bayonet from that era.