Engraved Dress Bayonet-Panzer Recon

[militariacoll]

From a vet estate...Looks like it has a very good chance...All comments welcome..I have taken photos with and without flash--Crisp single sided etching...Blade is not maker marked..The checkered bakelite grips do have a different style of rivets....

[rbminis]

I believe these type of rivets are a trait of E. Pack & Sohne
Might be a clue to the maker.
Ralph.

[tranchant]

bayonet

hello
for my opinion
good etching Pack !
best regards
patrick

[JohnZ]

It's a Pack etch on an unmarked Pack bayonet. The spanner bolts are a Pack trait.

The etch is to a recon unit not a panzer unit.

John

[WaltherW]

Good EPS

[militariacoll]

It's a Pack etch on an unmarked Pack bayonet. The spanner bolts are a Pack trait.

The etch is to a recon unit not a panzer unit.

John

John,

Wasn't Aufklärungs (Recon) Abt 4. assigned to a Panzer Division?

[germ]

Nice short etched parade bajonet With the right frog.Germ

[afrikasandman]

Great piece! Would be a solid one to tick away, like the pink plug as well. Matt

[Tim Curley]

Reconnaissance Battalion 4 was assigned to the 4th Panzer Division.

[JohnZ]

Based on the book, Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions, 1939-45, the following was the organization chart for the 1st Panzer regiment in 1939:

Schutzen regiment 1
Kradshutzen Bataillon 1 (motorcycle battalion)
Panzer Regiment 1
Panzer Regiment 2
73 artillerie regiment
aufklarungs abteilung 4
panzerjager abteilung 37
pionier battallon 37
nachrichten abteilung 37
37th divisional support unit

This would say that the above etch is to a unit within Panzer Division 1.

John