SS k98 Bayonet good or bad?

[hennep11]

I like to hear you opinion on this SS marked K98 bayonet.


Henry

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[Richie B]

If it is real it will be a first IMHO

Richie

[PHILBROWN]

im usuallly wrong, but if i was a gambler, i would say 1st ww. re,issue to ss in 20s. but, im proberly miles out.

[Albert]

I would say completely bogus...
Check out the WaA markings in other spots such as the release-pushbutton, under the metal cover on the back of the grip and on the ball at the end of the scabbard. What do they look like?

[SCHUPO]

Henry,

This appears to be a heavily reworked commercial S84/98 made without military inspection markings (WaA). The blade has the commercial Alcoso Solingen logo but the scabbard was made for a military bayonet by Horster in 1935 according to the "S/155G" markings. There should be a military WaA on the ball of the scabbard. Someone has incorrectly added a matching Horster marking (S/155G) on the front of the guard. This marking contradicts the blade marking and should not be on the guard. It appears that a serial number has also been added to the guard, I presume to match the scabbard number. Fake SS markings have also been added to the pommel, IMHO.

[hennep11]

There is something on the ball of the scabbard, that I not can't read.
See the photo.

[Albert]

Looks like an early acceptance stamp with an RW style eagle

[Chad1]

ss bayonet

Don't mean to change the subject from the K98 bayonet in question, but here is a dress bayonet I've had for years, from another long time collector. It has the runic button (from an SS dagger) set into the grip. I can't prove it was done in WWII, but I believe it was based on its source.

...a cool looking piece.

[Chad1]

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[MikeP]

Somebody had a lot of extra time late one night.

[Kilian]

The Dutch owner has been offering that "SS 98K bayonet" on auction sites in The Netherlands and Germany for quite some time now, without being able to sell it. Asking price is 150 Euros.

As remarked before, the bayonet is made by Alexander Coppel, the S-coding added later, in the wrong place, to make it appear matching with the scabbard.

As also remarked before the bayonet is heavily re-worked. In my opinion the bayonet is a post WW2 Yugoslavian re-work, given the non-original grips, the missing flash guard and the serial number on the cross guard.

I don´t know if the SS acceptance is original or not, but please forgive me for being highly sceptical.