✅ SOLVED What era is the bayonet?

[creskol]

Any ideas what it is from?

 

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[creskol]

And not that good a pic to boot... ? ? ?

:P

yup

 

[creskol]

Here is another photo

 

[Kray Gelder]

Here's a pic of an 1895 Mauser bayonet.

 

[creskol]

Here's a pic of an 1895 Mauser bayonet

That looks like it! Thanks!

 

[A2coins]

Sweet relic I would love hanging that bad boy on my wall lol Good Id

 

[Madmox]

You could definitively nail it down if you could see the stamps as to which country it is from. ALOT of bayonets from that era look really similar.

 

[Kray Gelder]

You could definitively nail it down if you could see the stamps as to which country it is from. ALOT of bayonets from that era look really similar.

Yes.

 

[Retired Sarge]

You could definitively nail it down if you could see the stamps as to which country it is from. ALOT of bayonets from that era look really similar.

I agree, German, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Austrian/Hungarian, just to name a few. Markings would go a long way in IDing this and also tell if it was an export model sent to South America. Shape alone won't give you a definitive ID on this one.

Time period could be WWII and later.

 

[Reanm8er]

Congrats Creskol! Is either one of the edges serated?

 

[Retired Sarge]

Looking at the posted pics by the OP, I see no serrations on the bayonet spline, that would rule out a sawback or "Butcher Blade" bayonet.

Some transmission fluid and some 4 ought steel wool should clean the rust up some and allow the OP to see some of the markings.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Here's two Turkish bayonets see the similarities .......

 

[NOLA_Ken]

There are a couple hundred different types it could be, anything from US Springfield to Turkish Mauser and everything in between... if there are any markings at the base of the blade please post a clear pic of them for a positive ID