![]() ![]() Ricasso: "Waffenfabrik" over "Mauser A.G." over "Oberndorf a/M" I suspect that the tiny "3" and "6" flanking the Imperial proofmark on the scabbard's ball finial may indicate the year (1936) the bayonet was taken into Luftwaffe service. This terminology was used during the pre WW II years, since Germany was not permitted an Air Force (i.e., Luftwaffe) under the Treaty of Versailles. ![]() The "R.L.M." marking is an abbreviation for Reichsluftfahrtministerium (State Air Ministry). The "P.W. 1078." marking is a Prussian police ( Schutzpolizei) property marking believed associated with the Westfalen Police School. The rework included bluing the metal and cutting slots in the screwbolts securing the grip scales and press stud. It was reworked for use during the Weimar Period and is one of a small number of 98/05 bayonets to see service with the Luftwaffe during the Nazi Period. This example was made for Prussia, in 1917, by Mauser at their Oberndorf plant.
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