This example has serrated, brown plastic grips. The number code marking was partially obliterated during rework and new serial numbers were applied to the crosspiece and frog stud. of Solingen.Ī pre-war example that was captured and reworked in eastern Europe, probably Yugoslavia. The marking on this example was inadvertently double-struck. The scabbard was made in 1943 and bears the year of mfr. The blade is marked using the letter/number code used from 1934–1937 to keep the maker’s identities secret.
The first pattern was made 1905–06 and the second pattern 1915–18. These represent the third pattern of M1884/98 bayonet made from 1927––45. Mauser Kar 98k rifle of the Second World War. Scabbard (ball finial): "3" proofmark "6" Spine: Crown over "W" over "17" and proofmark Ricasso: "Waffenfabrik" over "Mauser A.G." over "Oberndorf a/M" I suspect that the tiny "3" and "6" flanking the Imperial proofmark on the scabbard's ball finial may indicate the year (1936) the bayonet was taken into Luftwaffe service. This terminology was used during the pre WW II years, since Germany was not permitted an Air Force (i.e., Luftwaffe) under the Treaty of Versailles. The "R.L.M." marking is an abbreviation for Reichsluftfahrtministerium (State Air Ministry). The "P.W. 1078." marking is a Prussian police ( Schutzpolizei) property marking believed associated with the Westfalen Police School. The rework included bluing the metal and cutting slots in the screwbolts securing the grip scales and press stud.
It was reworked for use during the Weimar Period and is one of a small number of 98/05 bayonets to see service with the Luftwaffe during the Nazi Period.
This example was made for Prussia, in 1917, by Mauser at their Oberndorf plant.
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