Hi everyone!
I posted in another forum to find out about a frog, and a number of people directed me to this web site. Been cruising around and I must say, wow! Los of interesting topics. I am sure I will be spending a lot more time here!
Anyhow, to the point:
Looking over some of my bayonets, I cam across an interesting frog. Doing some research I believe it is a M42 bayonet frog with an SS marking and an RZ marking in a circle with the letter M as part of the circle at the bottom
Wondering if anyone can shed some more history on this and possibly help confirm whether it is original or not. Some background to this. I purchased this off a war vet (not a bringback, just part of his collection). He didn't sell it to me as an SS frog/bayo, never any mention of it. I only recently discovered this as I was going through the box of bayos I got from him. I got these about 5-8 years ago, and he has had it in his collection for most likely 30 plus years. I normally would assume fake, (but the item not the story) but considering that he most likely had it for decades, it makes me wonder.
The bayo it cam with is marked COPPEL GmbH, serial # 9521e , 40 on the back spine of the blade, Hilt is marked with 2 WaA253 (or263). Scabbard is non-matching serial # and marked clc1942. Scabbard fits very loosely in the frog.
Can anyone shed some light on this frog and perhaps give me a ballpark figure on it.
I posted in another forum to find out about a frog, and a number of people directed me to this web site. Been cruising around and I must say, wow! Los of interesting topics. I am sure I will be spending a lot more time here!
Anyhow, to the point:
Looking over some of my bayonets, I cam across an interesting frog. Doing some research I believe it is a M42 bayonet frog with an SS marking and an RZ marking in a circle with the letter M as part of the circle at the bottom
Wondering if anyone can shed some more history on this and possibly help confirm whether it is original or not. Some background to this. I purchased this off a war vet (not a bringback, just part of his collection). He didn't sell it to me as an SS frog/bayo, never any mention of it. I only recently discovered this as I was going through the box of bayos I got from him. I got these about 5-8 years ago, and he has had it in his collection for most likely 30 plus years. I normally would assume fake, (but the item not the story) but considering that he most likely had it for decades, it makes me wonder.
The bayo it cam with is marked COPPEL GmbH, serial # 9521e , 40 on the back spine of the blade, Hilt is marked with 2 WaA253 (or263). Scabbard is non-matching serial # and marked clc1942. Scabbard fits very loosely in the frog.
Can anyone shed some light on this frog and perhaps give me a ballpark figure on it.
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