u/Deliverated-One

Hi guys,

Wanted to share this absolutely amazing piece of WW1 equipment i recently got in a small bayonet haul i might show later.

What you see is an Ersatz variant of the "standart" crude substitue bayonet for the regular 1895 bayonet.

This extremely cheap to manufacture bayonet was in use already in 1916, that is, I dare to say mindblowing, them.being produced relatively this early in war.

There are probably hundreds of small variations since thex could and been produced by various small shops across the empire since all they required was a drill, grinder and press. You can find them marked, unmarked, numbered, unnumbered, accepted or not.

This one has only number 2 on top. It is housed in a Ersatz type scabbard in a what I believe is, a repurposed old leather frog, Ersatz frogs made out of canvas also existed. This scabbard is marked with BB and eagle acceptance. BB is theorized to stand for brothers Bartl from Vejprty (bratři Bartlové, Vejprty) but we have no way of confirming that. And lastly there is a woolen portepee for NCOs one of 2 types. This is the simpler one. Unfortunately it is a really bad condition but still intact. Those portepees are incredibly hard to find so no complaints here. Now I should fond at least a belt for this if not the whole field NCO uniform to hang this on 🤣 but maybye I will get there someday.

Well hope you like this post, if you have any questions ask away, there is so much not only about ersatz 95s that would make this post overly long.

Cheers

Hi,

First post here.

Wanted to share one of the more interesting coins I own. I am more of a militaria collector but still have some coins from here and there.

Got this a looong time ago in a small lot of the curiosities of the coin type, example being that from the same mine company I have a "commemorative" coin made of 99.9999 Pure tin.

But that aside. I would like to ask people here for some opinions on this one, did anyone ever seen this one before? What is your opinion on this piece? I never thought much about this one it just sat in my drawer with the rest of the collection.

Any input, ideas opinions or info about this one would be appreciated, thanks.

Cheers

Hey everyone,

Been going through my less than quality pieces that started my collection and the 2nd piece is this one, always wanted the infamous "butcher" bayonet and got it more than decade ago. It was in a really slrry state and I forgot about it, I discovered it, cleaned it and I noticed that it bears the RLM marking which should stand for Reichsluftfahrtministerium ?

I have seen few of these bayonets floating around, some commaning premium price for them. There was a lot of variation among markings I found. Anybody got any thoughts or ideas beyond the stuff that was on different decade old forum posts or something more concerete or written, published?

Just looking for some insight into the RLM mark, I might be getting rid of this one so I can get one in a good condition or a sawback I like those even more.

Thanks guys,

Cheers

For X showcase we will have the weird and interesting and a not bayonet, bayonet.

To show you something special, here we have, not your usuall VZ 52 rifle bayonets. First 2 are Castle guard/Honor unit of Prague Garrison Command, chromed variants. Both types are original and made by the armores of either unit. You can see the spot where they were welded up from 2 bayonets. That makes them obviously longer, rifle stocks had to be adjusted for the lenght, made either very nicely or just chiseled away with a screwdriver.....

Next one is extremely rare deep blued variant of the long vz52 bayonet family, this one was intended for training rifles of the Prague Garrison.

And last bonus thing is a Repetitor knife made by MIKOV and designed to ressemble the VZ58 bayonet, not a bayonet but I have it in my VZ 58 bayo collection regardless, it is a nice piece. This one is numbered since it was meant as a commemorative piece of just 500 to remember the soldier who served in missions abroad like: UNPROFOR, UNCRO, IFOR a SFOR. Name Repetitor is also in memory of 2 Czech soldiers who died in 1995 during UNPROFOR missions on checkpoint T 23, codename: REPETITOR.

For Y we have the obvious choice of Yugoslavia, i can confidently say that the M56 bayonet is one of my favorite bayonets ever made, so "cheap" / "crudely" made but it is so handy, light and overall in my opinion the most usable bayonet for anything else beyond being a bayonet.

Also the obligatory yugo AK bayonet.

Quick showcase, not great picture, sorry about that, of 2 West German Modell 59 AK bayonets. One on the left is heavily used and banged up, the other is mint, untouched straight from some storage unit.