92 - Five bayonets with Hungarian M 1895, Seitengewehr 84/98 Walter & Co. Mühlhausen and Ersatz bayonet

Five bayonets with Hungarian M 1895, Seitengewehr 84/98 Walter & Co. Mühlhausen and Ersatz bayonet Steel, wood, horn. Five bayonets and one steel scabbard. 1) Hungarian bayonet M 1895 for the Mannlicher rifle with light wooden grip scales and muzzle ring, the blade marked in two lines “F.G. / GY.” at the ricasso (Fegyver- és Gépgyár, Budapest), the crossguard stamped “10 19”, with the steel scabbard with stud. 2) Seitengewehr 84/98 new pattern bayonet with dark wooden grip scales, straight crossguard without muzzle ring, flash guard and bright blade, marked “Walter & Co. / Mühlhausen in Thr.” at the ricasso. 3) Ersatz bayonet with all-steel hilt without grip scales, small crossguard and broad fullered blade, the blade extensively stained. 4) Sidearm with stag horn grip scales with copper rivets, bird's head pommel and downward-curved hooked quillon, hilt and blade toned gold-coloured, later reproduction. 5) Bayonet with wooden grip scales, muzzle ring and riveted crossguard, the blade with long fuller, stamped “1019” at the ricasso with double-struck stamp, on the blade a mark “Z” in a double circle, probably the company mark of Zbrojovka Brno. Used condition commensurate with age, the blades variously preserved, partly bright, partly extensively stained and pitted, the grips rubbed, four pieces without scabbard. Viewing recommended. L. 38 to 43 cm The Hungarian bayonet M 1895 belongs to the Mannlicher repeating rifle M 95; the mark F.G. GY. stands for the Fegyver- és Gépgyár in Budapest, alongside the Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft in Steyr the second manufacturer of this model. During the First World War Walter & Co. in Mühlhausen in Thuringia assembled Seitengewehr 84/98 and 98/05 bayonets from supplied blades; the flash guard identifies the new pattern version introduced from 1915. Ersatz bayonets with hilts of sheet steel or all steel were made during the First World War as a simplified production alongside the regulation models.