May 17, 2014 · The 2 3/4", bottom stud, open socket is marked with "!P 14" with a 12 1/2" flat blade that is six sided, having a small guard like the OP's blade. Even the almost open weld seam shows on my socket. The inside of the socket is much larger than …

Prior to the centralizing of the German Police forces in 1936, many Police units wore very long bayonets equipped with a clamshell crossguard; these bayonets were equipped with blades as long as 18 inches. The obverse stag grip plate was affixed with a six-sided nickel Police insignia.

The worldbayonets.com bayonet identification guide features pictures and dimensions of bayonets from around the world; along with history and other information to aid in identification.

Nov 16, 2012 · If, indeed, they had been particularly disliked or invented for the purpose of creating bleeding or pain, it is likely that American propaganda would have picked up on the Hessians' use of six sided bayonets!

The M6 bayonet is a bayonet used by the U.S. military for the M14 rifle, it can also be used with the Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle as well M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle. It was introduced in 1957, at the same time as the rifle itself. [1] It is the only bayonet made for the M14.

Dark brown, stag horn grip plates show virtually no surface and only faint age with no cracks or chips. Weimar period grip emblem with six-sided police star and uncrowned Prussian eagle within a circle in the center of the star is complete.

The new version instituted for Himmler’s police forces was shorter than the previous type, with a blade that measured about 13 inches in length. The clamshell crossguard was removed, and the Nazi-era German Police eagle and swastika organizational emblem replaced the previous six-sided grip insignia used since the Weimar period.

In 1886, the French army introduced a 52-centimetre-long (20.5 in) quadrangular épée spike for the bayonet of the Lebel Model 1886 rifle, the Épée-Baïonnette Modèle 1886, resulting in a rifle and bayonet with an overall length of six feet (1.8 m).

Prior to the centralizing of the German Police forces in 1936, many Police units wore very long bayonets equipped with a clamshell device. These bayonets were equipped with blades as long as 18 inches. The obverse stag grip plate was affixed with a six-sided nickel Police insignia.

Group of 4 Hessian German Bayonets.