97 - Lot of five bayonets, bayonet 98/05 Simson & Co Suhl, ersatz bayonet, Kalashnikov

Lot of five bayonets, bayonet 98/05 Simson & Co Suhl, ersatz bayonet, Kalashnikov Metal, wood and fabric. Lot of five bayonets, two of them with scabbard: 1) bayonet with wide single-edged blade fullered on both sides and a curved, raised point, gold-colored crossguard with one extended quillon, wooden grip, silver-colored pommel; 2) bayonet 98/05 new pattern from the First World War, single-edged blade widening toward the point and fullered on both sides, on the ricasso the maker's mark of Simson & Co, Suhl, silver-colored crossguard, wooden grip scales with oblique grooves, fastened with two screws, flash guard on the back of the grip, pommel with push button; 3) auxiliary bayonet of the First World War, also called ersatz bayonet, single-edged blade fullered on both sides, all-metal grip, crossguard and muzzle ring, pommel with push button; 4) dress bayonet, fullered blade, silver-colored crossguard, black grip scales with diamond pattern and two rivets, silver-colored pommel with push button, black metal scabbard with frog hook; 5) bayonet for the Kalashnikov assault rifle in the Type I design, flat blade with fuller, crossguard with muzzle ring, black grip with two slotted screws, curved pommel, sheet-metal scabbard with webbing hanger. In varying condition. Please inspect. L. 32.5 to 52 cm, blade length 20 to 40 cm. The bayonet 98/05 was introduced in the Prussian army at the end of 1905; because of the blade widening toward the point, it is also called "Butcher" in the English-speaking world. From 1915 the new pattern received a steel flash guard that protected the wooden grip scales from heat when firing the short Karabiner 98 A, and in this form the bayonet was produced in large numbers until 1918. Its manufacturers included Simson & Co, founded in Suhl in 1856 by Löb and Moses Simson, which also supplied Gewehr 98 rifles during the First World War and from 1952, as VEB Fahrzeug- und Gerätewerk Simson Suhl, built mopeds and motorcycles. Auxiliary bayonets with all-metal grips were made during the First World War. Dress bayonets were purchased privately by junior non-commissioned officers and enlisted men for their walking-out uniform. The Type I bayonet, Soviet 6Kh2, belongs to the AK-47 assault rifle and was manufactured at Izhmash from circa 1955 to 1960; licensed production took place in the GDR, Poland, Bulgaria and China, among others.