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Post by JCON on May 28, 2019 21:08:45 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on May 28, 2019 21:15:22 GMT -6
German Bayonet M1898 n.A. made by Erfurt 1902
Sword bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Mauser Gewehr 98 made famous during the First World War.
First pattern example of the M1898, known as the a/A (alter Art = older model), with the scarce one-piece wood grip. This was the first bayonet produced for use on the Gewehr 98, with its revolutionary bayonet bar mounting system.
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Post by JCON on May 28, 2019 21:18:00 GMT -6
This bayonet will also mount to most other Mauser bolt-action rifles that are based on the M1898 action, although the M1898 bayonet did not see much use after the First World War.
These long, slender blades are often called “quillback” or "pipeback" blades, due to the round spine that runs through the blade like the quill of a feather.
The spring clip to hold it to the rifle and release is as strong as new on this bayonet... amazing!!! I'm blessed!!!
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Post by JCON on May 28, 2019 21:53:22 GMT -6
Erfurt
The most commonly seen factory markings on bayonets of the Imperial German era are those of the Royal Prussian Army works at Erfurt in Prussian Thuringia. The Royal Prussian armoury had been established at Erfurt in 1862. Their marking had the Royal Prussian crown above the word Erfurt.
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Post by JCON on May 28, 2019 23:46:31 GMT -6
Looked closer at the top of the blade and the handle... it's a one piece handle that wrapped around 3 sides... also a number and symble on the top edge of blade... There's the W for Wilhelm with an 02 below it. Last year for the single wood grip. Then the symbol below that, which I can't make out, is the inspector stamp off the line.
I'm guessing it's somebody's war prize from WW1 is what it is. Survived the 1902-1915 replacements, and the end of war destruction of many of it's counterparts. Some American claimed that puppy and brought it back. Lol!!!
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Post by JCON on May 28, 2019 23:47:54 GMT -6
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Post by dauntless on May 29, 2019 3:49:05 GMT -6
Very cool!!
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Post by BUCKY on May 29, 2019 9:55:54 GMT -6
Isn't that what we call a "Texas Toothpick"?
It looks like it's in very good shape!
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Post by JCON on May 29, 2019 10:53:15 GMT -6
Thanks guys!!! Trying to figure out which regiment used the designation GGR back then...  |
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Post by tojo72 on May 29, 2019 13:09:57 GMT -6
Very nice gift
Seeing a bayonet in person at a Civil War museum made me appreciate how scary a weapon it is.Has to be true what they say about cold steel and being on the wrong end of a bayonet chsrge.
Enjoy your addition
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Post by Beekster on May 29, 2019 13:39:48 GMT -6
My German is quite rusty and I don't have a Great War order of battle, but I would guess that the GGR might indicate a Grenadier regiment. Ferreting out those will probably produce an answer.
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Post by JCON on May 29, 2019 15:26:23 GMT -6
Thanks gentlemen!!!  |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on May 31, 2019 16:11:39 GMT -6
It's in excellent condition. Have a French one, same time period.
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Post by JCON on May 31, 2019 17:53:57 GMT -6
That is cool Bruce!!!
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Post by JCON on Jun 1, 2019 15:26:05 GMT -6
Got Fightnjoe to do some digging on this and he hit paydirt!!! We now know the Regiment!!! Thanks brother Joe!!! 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers  Colors of the 4th battalion of the 1st Guards Grenadiers regiment The 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers (German: Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1, briefly Alexander-Regiment or Alexandriner) were an infantry regiment of the Guard Corps within the Royal Prussian Army and a Guards Grenadiers regiment of the Imperial German Army. The regiment's tradition dated back to 1626, when Elector George William of Brandenburg had a standing mercenary unit established during the Thirty Years' War, in order to defend the borders of his margraviate. The 1st Grenadier regiment was formed after the Napoleonic Wars of Liberation on 14 October 1814 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia and was named in honor of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, who was also its first colonel-in-chief. Parts of the formation had distinguished themselves in the 1807 Siege of Kolberg, most of its officers had been decorated with the Iron Cross or the order Pour le Mérite. The regiment was elevated to the rank of a royal guard on 18 February 1820. First based near Alexanderplatz in Berlin, the garrison about 1900 moved into larger barracks near Friedrichstraße station, which until 1990 were occupied by the Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment of the East German National People's Army. The former parade ground today is the site of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. After World War I, the regiment was demobilized on 27 November 1918, though volunteers were still employed by the Weimar government in the Silesian Uprisings and against the Bavarian Soviet Republic. Officially disbanded with effect of 31 December 1920, the remaining forces formed the 9th and 12th company of the Infantry Regiment 9 Potsdam, carrying the Alexandriner tradition further in the new Reichswehr military organization. |
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Post by JCON on Jun 1, 2019 15:36:46 GMT -6
The Guards Corps GK (German: Gardekorps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz). Unlike all other Corps of the Imperial German Army, the Guards Corps did not recruit from a specific area, but from throughout Prussia and the "Imperial Lands" of Alsace-Lorraine.
The Corps served in the Austro-Prussian War. During the Franco-Prussian War it was assigned to the 2nd Army.
In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the II Army Inspectorate but joined the 2nd Army at the start of the First World War. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 4th Army, Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front. The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.
On mobilization on 2 August 1914 the Corps was extensively restructured. The Guards Cavalry Division (less 4th Guards Cavalry Brigade) was assigned to the I Cavalry Corps (Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 1); the 4th Guards Cavalry Brigade was broken up and its regiments assigned to the divisions as reconnaissance units. The Lehr Infantry Battalion was expanded to form the Lehr Infantry Regiment. It formed 6th Guards Infantry Brigade (with the Guards Füsilier Regiment) and together with the 5th Guards Infantry Brigade formed the 3rd Guards Division of the Guards Reserve Corps. Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from the Corps headquarters.
In summary, the Guards Corps mobilized with 26 infantry battalions, 10 machine gun companies (60 machine guns), 8 cavalry squadrons, 24 field artillery batteries (144 guns), 4 heavy artillery batteries (16 guns), 3 pioneer companies and an aviation detachment.
On mobilization, the Guards Corps was assigned to the 2nd Army as part of the right wing of the forces that invaded France and Belgium as part of the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914.
Soon into the war, at the 1st Battle of the Marne, the Prussian Guards were bitterly defeated in an attempt to take French Positions.
In 1917, the corps was stationed on the Aisne River as part of 1st Army, and played an important role in the German defense against the French offensive in that sector.
It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 4th Army, Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front.
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Post by JED on Jun 2, 2019 8:26:38 GMT -6
Great gift Joe and result with the research from Fighting Joe, I remember Alexanderplatz from my two years service in Berlin,what a great place for history and architecture fans,mostly I frequented the bars I'm afraid!!
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Post by BUCKY on Jun 11, 2019 10:16:32 GMT -6
Prolly lots of history in the bars, too, Jed! LoL
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Post by JED on Jun 12, 2019 12:46:39 GMT -6
Prolly lots of history in the bars, too, Jed! LoL Very true Bucky!! |
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Post by JCON on Jun 12, 2019 12:47:35 GMT -6
LOL, what happens in the bars stays in the bars!!! |
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