Mervyn Mitton Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 These have become very hard to find - mostly from South West Africa - taken as souvenirs in 1916. These came in at the weekend and are for 1909 and 1913. One has had the tip re-filed , I suppose opening a tin got the better of it ........... (Pictures are separate - pressed the wrong button)
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Chris Boonzaier Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 veeeery nice.... I love these thingies.... would have been a pretty big tin ;-) I remember as a kid throwing these in the garden.... never broke one, but did break tips of other knives and bayonets... :-(
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Rich Yankowski Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) Always liked these three rivet style of bayos. Edited October 20, 2013 by Rich Yankowski
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 Always liked these three rivet style of bayos. Hi Rick, can you date any of those from the makers marks?
Rich Yankowski Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 The Eickhorn has two squirrels back to back(but not touching) over C E . So I assume it was made between 1904 and 1921,when Eickhorn started using a single squirrel. The two by WKC have the king and knight heads,and again I assume they were made about the same time period as the Eickhorn. While I have no real proof,I assume these three rivet gripped private purchase bayos were only made for a short duration.
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 I picked up a double Eickhorn as well a few years ago. They are really the perfect blade to display with a WW1 officers tunic. <They probably just copied the KS 98 issue bayonets with the 3 rivets, then after WW1 when the KS 98 was phased out, they dropped the 3 rivets as well....
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