Wwi bayo w/ wwii 1943 frog

[birdie]

What gives here?

[birdie]

Wwi bayo

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[birdie]

Wwi bayonet w 1943...........

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[Richie B]

The S98/05 continued to be used in WW2 by second line units and the police.

George Wheeler in Seitengewehr refers to the existence of frogs like yours dated up to 1942 - hilts straps being rare.

Later frogs can be found but these are the same design as the S84/98 only larger.

gfg = Karl Hepting & Company, Lederu. Gurtelfabrik, Stuttgart, Germany.

Hope this helps

Richie

[birdie]

I'm a little confused

My frog is dated 1943, but according to wheeler used up through 1942?

[Richie B]

What he is saying is that the latest date on the old type frog that he had seen is 1942 and the earliest of the new type is dated 1943.

I would imagine that yours comes from the transition period from the old to the new.

The old ones would still be used.

Yours looks perfectly authentic to me.

Regards

Richoe