Pair of Dress Bayonet Rigs for Review, Please

[William J]

I am currently working out a trade deal with a friend and fellow forum member. I am offering him the two dress bayonet rigs, one army and one fire police, shown below.

For the peace of mind of my forum member, would you please have a look at these.

My apologies for the less than stellar quality of some of the pictures.

I thank you in advance.

The first is a short model army.

[William J]

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This bayonet has the very nice condition D.R.P. metal plate on the reverse of the frog. The maker is Paul Seilheimer.

[William J]

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Last one, showing the red felt in the slot.

[William J]

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The second dress bayonet rig is for the fire police. This is a long model example.

[William J]

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The blade is marked "Horst Wolff" but I don't know if that is a maker or distributor (Billy G, you out there? lol)

[SCHUPO]

Nothing wrong with either of these Bill. They both have the correct knots and the short one has a scarce patented frog with the metal backing.

[Billy G]

Hi William,

A very nice looking pair of bayonets with full rigs. Horst Wolff, Leipzig was a distributor of fire bayonets, that much we know. I presume they were exclusive to distributing fire pieces beacuse I have never observed any of their 3 or 4 variation markings on anything but a fire piece.

This mark is the most common of the Wolff marks but nowadays any marked piece is becoming somewhat scarce. It's always nice to find a full rig as it was worn in the NS zeit, well done my friend.

[William J]

Thank you gentlemen!

My appreciation for your kind comments. I've had these for a number of years, but I'm finding that trading with fellow collectors has increased my enjoyment of the hobby immensely in 2010.

Wishing everyone a joyous Christmas and a prosperous and blessed 2011!

William

[J. M. C.]

Wonderful looking dress bayonets. If your trade falls apart I am sure you will have no problem selling them.

[Billy G]

William,

Your appreciation of the hobby in terms of trading & interaction with fellow collectors is most mutual. You do find some nice items I've noticed! Merry Christmas to you my friend & all the best in 2011.