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Type Description Blade
Length
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Length

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M1888

Knife bayonet for use on the 8 mm. M1888 Mannlicher rifle.

Click on the photo to see an Austrian M1888 bayonet used by Siam.

9.75 14.75 .655  
M1895

Knife bayonet for use on the 8 mm. M1895 Mannlicher rifle, which was produced in great quantities prior to and during World War I.

Made at Oesterreichsche Waffenfabrik-Gesellschaft (Austrian State Weapons Manufacturing Company) in Steyr. This firm is still in business today, known simply as, Steyr.

The Austrian M1895 bayonet introduced the inverted blade profile, where the cutting edge faces upward.

9.625
14.00
.590

Ricasso: Austrian (Hapsburg) Imperial Eagle and "OE" over "WG"

Crosspiece:  "32 30"

Pommel:  "7"

Scabbard:  "OE" over "WG"

Belt Frog

Tooled brown leather belt frog for carrying the M1895 bayonet.

Measures 8 1/2 in. (216mm) long by 2 1/2 in. (64mm) wide at the widest point. This frog is classified as #29 by Carter.

 

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