139 - NVA Seitengewehr M 59, Kalashnikov bayonet type 2 with scabbards and scout knife with saw back

NVA Seitengewehr M 59, Kalashnikov bayonet type 2 with scabbards and scout knife with saw back Steel, plastic, rubber, leather, fabric. Three pieces. 1) Kalashnikov bayonet type 1, GDR production as Seitengewehr M 59 of the National People's Army (NVA), with black plastic grip, the blade with saw back and hole for the wire cutter, with the steel scabbard with slipped-on rubber insulating sleeve, this marked “5998”, and leather hanger. 2) Kalashnikov bayonet type 2 with black plastic grip, the blade without saw back, with round hole and fuller, the crossguard electro-engraved “L 5810”, with the plastic scabbard with metal chape and olive-coloured fabric hanger with press stud. 3) Scout or survival knife with straight blade and saw back, red-brown chequered plastic grip scales with three rivets, crossguard and pommel of silver-coloured metal, the blade marked “ROSTFREI”, at the ricasso a triangular pictorial mark, probably a tower between two houses, worn, without scabbard. Used condition commensurate with age, the plastic parts with scratches, the blades of the bayonets with signs of use, the knife bright. Viewing recommended. L. 32 and 33 cm From 1959 the sidearms for the AKM assault rifle were designed as multi-purpose tools: together with the scabbard the blade forms a wire cutter with which live electrical wires can also be cut, which is why grip and scabbard carry insulating parts. Type 1 has a blade with saw back and a steel scabbard with slipped-on rubber sleeve, type 2 a moulded plastic scabbard with metal chape. The bayonet was also produced under licence outside the Soviet Union; the Polish version is made without serrations. In the GDR type 1 was manufactured from 1965 to 1978 as Seitengewehr Modell 59 for the MPi-KM submachine gun of the National People's Army (NVA), with black plastic grip, steel scabbard with black rubber sleeve and grey leather hanger.