A distinctive serial number is stamped into the pommel and also on the scabbard body. This bayonet is a reworked M1895, where the M1895 bayonet’s domed crosspiece rivets are ground flush, the metal blued and, the grips replaced and secured with screwbolts. Some MP 34s made for export included a bayonet lug for mounting the Austrian M1895 knife bayonet. Following the German Anschluss (annexation) of 1938, the MP 34 was produced until 1940 for the Wehrmacht, designated MP 34(ö), and for export to Portugal, designated Pistola Metralhadora m/938 and m/942. Very finely manufactured and widely considered the Rolls-Royce of submachine guns, the MP 34 was produced by Steyr 1930–1938 for use by the Austrian Army and Police and for export to China, Chile, Bolivia, El Salvador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Special version of the M1895 knife bayonet, possibly produced for use with the Steyr-Solothurn Maschinenpistole 34 (MP34) submachine gun. However, Finland, Germany, and Austria manufactured scabbards for use with bayonets captured from the Russians. Russia did not supply a scabbard, preferring that soldiers keep the bayonet fixed all of the time. Scabbard for use with Russian M1891 socket bayonets captured during the First World War, along with 7.62 mm. Tooled brown leather belt frog for carrying the M1895 bayonet. Variations of this design were also produced for use on the Mannlicher M1888 and M1890 M1867, 1870 & 1873 Werndl rifles and the German M1871, M1871/84, and M1888 rifles. However, it is often observed on period examples produced for use on the Mannlicher M1895 rifle. The significance of the chevron mark on the crosspiece is unknown. No special scabbard was produced for these. The blade has an inverted single-edged profile as used on the M1895 bayonet. These twisted steel ersatz bayonets were produced as an emergency measure during the First World War. Ricasso: Austrian (Hapsburg) Imperial Eagle and "OE" over "WG"Īll-metal ersatz (substitute) bayonet for use with the 8 mm.
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Steyr obtained large German Gewehr 88 contracts and the right to commercially-produce the Gewehr 88 in settlement of their patent-infringement lawsuit against Germany for incorporating the Mannlicher magazine in the Gewehr 88 without license (Steyr owned Mannlicher's patents).Ĭlick on the image to view information and additional images on the Siam Page. M1904 Export Mannlicher rifles, however, the muzzle ring dimensions are different. This example has only Steyr's trademark and no Austro-Hungarian markings, so was probably an export piece.Ī similar bayonet was produced by Steyr for the Romanian, Portuguese, and 8 mm. Some of the Gewehr 88's and M1871/84 bayonets remaining in Steyr's stores may have been used by Austro-Hungarian forces during the First World War. These are believed to have been produced by Steyr around the turn of the Century for use with Gewehr 88's manufactured for export (mainly to China and So. 577 caliber Enfield rifle-musket, as the most common imported firearm. The Union imported over 225,000 and the Confederacy perhaps as many as 100,000, making the Lorenz second only to the.
The Lorenz was imported in quantity by both sides during the U.S. The M1854 bayonet is easily identified by the helical mortise and flattened cruciform blade profile. This bayonet was also used with the M1854/67 Wanzl breech loading conversions. The throat, frog stud, and finial are steel. The scabbard body is made of wood with a black leather cover. This was later copied by Prussia, who used it on their M1809 socket bayonet. The socket has no mortise, instead using a notched, eccentric basal collar to engage a spring catch protruding from the front of the musket stock. The M1799 socket bayonet was the first to feature the flattened cruciform blade profile that was characteristic of 19th Century Austrian infantry socket bayonets. 69 caliber (17.5 mm.) M1798 flintlock musket.Īlthough the Austrian M1798 musket was closely patterned after the French M1777 Charleville musket, the M1799 bayonet is uniquely Austrian.
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