Numbers on trench knife

[Military Trader]

I picked up this trench type knife. I'm wondering about its origin. Does anyone recognize this type of knife or the numbers stamped on the back?

[Military Trader]

2

[Military Trader]

3

[Jesse]

So fa it does not ring any bells. Any marking at all on the ricasso?

J

[Military Trader]

No other markings that I could find

[Jesse]

The handle, more specificly the pommel and the crossguard, (if indeed that's what they are) reminds me of something but I cannot pin it down.

Many of these trench knives were fashioned from service bayonets. I thought initially this had been, but could find no match with any ww1 type bayonets after a quick check this morning.

I will keep looking. I am now sure I have seen something like this before.

J

[phild]

It looks like a bayonet that has been shortened, re-shaped somewhat, re-gripped and had the locking mechanism removed.

It looks a bit like the 1890s era Norwegian Krag-Jorgenson bayonet. I think that if you dig around on bayonets you will find the correct one.