This German bayo WW2 or later repop-fake

[Mark in Cleveland, Tn.]

Is this a period WW2 German bayo with the ****original** marking??

[Hans1906]

Mark, no idea, public trade with blank weapons with a blade length of more than 12 (?) centimeters is prohibited in Germany.
But at all flea markets, which unfortunately currently no longer take place, there were and are bayonets in great variety.

A simple search for "Carl Eickhorn Solingen" will lead you to the right path...

https://www.eickhorn-solingen.de

They sometimes say, "Don't trust a dog, you haven't fed yourself!"
(A good saying...)


Hans

[von thoma]

An original Kar-98 dress bayonet, with the correct Eickhorn logo.

[Hans1906]

Thanks to Herr von thoma,

here a link to the War Relics Forum with some interesting pictures of the Eickhorn trademark.

Link: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/kriegsma ... er-685629/

More info here: https://wardaggers.com/Carl_Eickhorn.htm

One more: https://www.germandaggers.com/Gallery/Makers.php


Hans

[Dwight Pruitt]

That is a post 1935 Eickhorn TM. "Original" has the same meaning in German as in English.

[Hans1906]

A slightly edited enlargement, maybe helpful...


Hans