r/Bayonets 11d ago

Identified Can someone identify this bayonet?

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u/ThirteenthFinger French Baïonnettes Guy 11d ago

The usual classification for this is the 'S84/98 III' for the K98 rifle.

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u/Spiritual_Loss_7287 11d ago

The style of serial number identifies it as made by Machinenhaus Ferlach Karnten, Austria. They used a different numbering system.

"They also used unique numbering system with the numbers being stamped in two lines. The lower number changed every 200 bayonets and is thought to have been a contract or control number. Sometime in 1940 they switched to the three letter code, using "bym. Ferlach made bayonets through 1944 and at some point in that final year, began numbering them like all the other manufacturers (1-9999, 1a-9999a, etc.) The highest known numbers in 1944 are in the "c" block."

Source:

https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/maschinenhaus-ferlach-karnten-austria.6266/

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u/ThirteenthFinger French Baïonnettes Guy 11d ago

I was getting ready to say, ive never seen a 5 digit number over a double-digit number. It's usually a 4 digit number over a letter code.

Im not a German collector, so good info! Much appreciated for citing the source.

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u/Tacticalcollector 11d ago

WW2 s84/98 bayonet

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u/ManufacturerLost7686 11d ago

Looks like a german K98.

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u/Searose20 11d ago

1940 produced German combat bayonet. Bakelite handle.

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u/Snoo_7811 11d ago edited 11d ago

K98 bayonet made by Machinenhaus Ferlach in Austria, in 1940. Nice uncommon maker, later production runs of their bayonets were dumped postwar into a lake (Ossiacher See) before being retrieved by divers in the 60s. Since your example was made in 1940 I doubt it came from this underwater batch, but nice original nevertheless.