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Here's a dagger that could very well be of Southern manufacture. It's a substantial knife and shows some crudeness in the blade. It's definitely a domestic made piece and not an import due to the crudeness. This knife is over 12 inches long with a
tapered wooden hardwood grip into a brass ferrell. The blade is over 7 1/4 inches long by itself. The tang of the blade had a brass washer placed over it then it was peaned to hold it all together. The blade is the dagger style and is diamond in shape.
There is no makers marks on the blade or knife anywhere. The cross guard is of brass and is 3 1/2 inches long from tip to tip. For this old knife $395.00
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Here is a U.S. Krag bayonet and scabbard with belt attachment. This is the bayonet for the Model 1898 Krag. The entire bayonet handle and scabbard has been painted Gold and there is a small wire attached to the belt loop to hang it on the wall. This was a common practice for the veterans halls to do when putting artifacts on display in their meeting rooms. The blade is unpainted but still mostly blued. The bottom of the blade on the cutting edge looks to have been lightly sharpened taking the blue off there. The blade is marked US and 1900. A little paint has chipped off the scabbard and the grip showing that underneath it all this piece was not messed with. The locking button seems to be frozen with paint. This type of old paint is easy to remove if you want too. There are a few chips missing in the paint revealing a untouched or unmolested condition to the grip and scabbard. $145.00 Item weapons 069
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Here we have a Model 1855 Civil War Springfield bayonet scabbard only. This piece has seen better days but is perfect for display! The piece is full length with brass deeply patinaed tip which has been glued back on. There is a weak spot in the middle of the
scabbard so it's best to display with a bayonet inside for strength as these leather scabbards have no strength without the bayonet. The frog is mostly there but in rough shape. The leather is fractured and missing a chunk at the top but still exhibits all of it's brass rivits.
The best thing about this piece is that there is no seam openings along it's length! For this displayable piece of Civil War memorabillia $75.00
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Here we have quite a find! This is a transport box that Pvt . Robert E. Thompson of Frankfort, Indiana sent back to his wife through the NY base. Pvt. Thompson enlisted on April 8th, 1944 in the 548th Field Artillery which became a part of the 9th Army. The Ninth United States Army is a field army of the United States Army, garrisoned at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States Army Service Component Command of United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM).
It was one of the main U.S. Army combat commands used during the campaign in Northwest Europe in 1944 and 1945. It was commanded at its inception by Lieutenant General William Simpson. It had been designated Eighth Army, but on arrival in the United Kingdom it was renamed to avoid confusion with the famous British formation of the same designation. All American field armies in the European Theatre of Operation were designated with odd numbers, even numbered field armies served in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. The first responsibility for Ninth Army, upon its arrival on 5 September was to take part in the final reduction of the German forces holding out in the French port of Brest. After the surrender of the town fifteen days later, Ninth Army was sent east to take its place in the line. It came into the line between Third Army and First Army.
In November, Ninth Army was shifted to the very northern flank of 12th Army Group. It undertook operations to close the front up to the Roer River. 16 December saw the opening of the last great German offensive of the war, the Battle of the Bulge. Ninth Army was isolated from the headquarters of 12th Army Group, and it was thus placed (on 20 December[1]) under the command of General Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group along with First Army, despite opposition from General Omar Bradley. Simpson reoriented his command quickly to help in the reduction of the salient that the Germans had created. Many of Ninth Army's units passed to the command of First Army, which was doing the main work of reducing the German salient from the north. In the meantime, the remainder of Ninth Army continued to hold the line along the Roer. When First Army and Third Army had finished reducing the salient, First Army returned to the command of 12th Army Group, but Ninth Army remained under the command of 21st Army Group for the remainder of the Rhineland Campaign.
In late February 1945 the Ninth Army launched Operation Grenade, which was the southern prong of a pincer attack coordinated with Canadian First Army's Operation Veritable, with the purpose of closing the front up to the Rhine. By 10 March, the Rhine had been reached in all sectors of Ninth Army's front. It was not until after 20 March that Ninth Army units first crossed the Rhine itself. However, after doing so, the Army quickly struck east around the north of the Ruhr. An enormous pocket soon formed containing the German Army Group B under Model. By 4 April, Ninth Army had reached the Weser[2] and was switched back to 12th Army Group.
The end was now clearly in sight, and as part of Ninth Army, along with the newly arrived Fifteenth Army, reduced the enormous Ruhr Pocket, other elements reached the Elbe on 18 April. 2 May saw the whole of Ninth Army's front reached the agreed demarcation point with the Russians, and the advance ceased.
Now on to what Pvt. Thompson sent in the shipping box home to his wife.
The box contained a German shotgun (now missing) and 7 bayonets. The box is 29 inches long by 7 inches tall and 7 inches wide. The box is complete with the original lid that has an envelope thumb tacked to it as well as the inspection/ approval label. His name and his mothers name plus addresses is on 3 sides of the box. The bayonets are in good condition being original with no sharpening and no dings to the blades on any of them. Here is what is in there:
1. 2 French model 1886 bayonets with white metal handles and curved quilion. The blades are four sided and they are complete with scabbards. One bayonet is 17 1/2 inches long with a 13 inch blade while the other one is 25 inches long with a 20 1/2 inch blade. Both are in excellent condition!
2. The next two bayonets are Austrian. The one at the top is a standard 1895 Bayonet being 14 inches long with a 9 1/2 inch blade. The scabbard is steel and comes with a frog. The frog is marked CQR 40 I believe and is in excellent original condition. The bayonet is marked on the blade F. G. G. Y. on one ricasso and has what looks like an Imperial Eagle stamp on the other. The Pommel Cap is marked 7 HN 1366. There are no dents to the scabbard and most of the original color remains. This is a nice one! The second bayonet is a short cavalry carbine bayonet S1895 (Stutzen 1895) and is equipped with a compensatory sight on the muzzle ring. This corrected for the marked effect that a fitted bayonet had on the path of the bullet, the fitted bayonet causing the bullet's trajectory arc to be considerably higher than normal. This is a real nice bayonet and comes with an undented scabbard. The blade is marked with what looks like a W on one side and an Imperial Eagle on the other.
3. The next two bayonets are German. They are both S-98 bayonets. The one on top is complete with scabbard and frog. The frog is maker stamped E O Golze & Sohn Gersdorf 1940. The frog otherwise is in excellent condition being pliable with all stitching remaining. The steel scabbard is dent free and is good condition. The blade is in very nice condition but is missing about 1/8 inch of the tip. One ricasso is marked S/172 and the other side is marked 9659. The WW2 bakelite grips are outstanding with no damage or loss and the pommel cap has 2 tiny eagles with something stamped underneath them but I can't quite make it out. I do believe both stamps are the same. The bayonet and scabbard are serial numbered alike, thus are a match. The one on the bottom is also a WW2 German Bayonet as evidenced by the very nice bakelite grips. This one is also complete with frog. The frog is in very nice conditon and is marked but I cannot quite make it out. The bayonet is serial numbered 9864 while the scabbard is serian numbered 6628. This is a real nice outfit!
4. The last bayonet in the box is S98/05 with the original saw back removed. The bayonet and scabbard are both marked 41 making them a matching pair. The steel scabbard has most of the original bluing remaining with no dents and just a little rusting that should clean up mostly ok. The leather frog is in excellent condition and is maker marked A FISCHER BERLIN C.2 1932 P.A.W. The bayonet itself is in excellent plus conditon with nice walnut grooved grips. the blade is marked on one ricasso ?41 and on the other DEUTSCHE WASCHINENFABRIK A-G DUISBURG 41. Most of the original bluing is left on the blade. The blade is real nice. 1920 is stamped on the crossguard. This piece is 19 5/8 inche long with a 14 1/2 inch long blade. Very nice! The saw back bayonets were outlawed after WW1 so this one is correct in every sense.
These bayonets were left undisturbed until recently in the box they came back in. We are going to try to sell them in a group with the box because it would be a shame to break them up after all these years.
For the complete collection $1,250.00
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We just got in this wonderful Id’d WW2 Medic Corpsman Knife from WW2!
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Local central Indiana found US Army Bolo Knife used during World War One . The handle is made of wood and has two rivets securing it. The pommel is in a dovehead shape and has surface rust on it that can be easily removed if you desire.. The crossguard is straight and of equal length on each side. The US M-1917 Bolo Knife with Scabbard was the same basic Bolo Knife used by the U.S. military from the turn of the century through WWII. Manufactured from 1897 to 1918, it went through a number of changes during its production life. First issued to medical personnel in the field it was later issued to fighting troops and used to clear brush, fields of fire and for any task requiring a heavy knife used as a chopping tool.
The knife is 15 inches long with a 10 3/8th inch long blade that is sharpened on one edge only. The ricasso is marked US MOD 1917 CT. (wear to the markings) with the Reverse marked Plumb St Louis (no date that I can see here). Mostly blued
blade with slightly rounded tip. Blade shows some minor sharpening. No nicks in the edge of the blade. The grips are two slabs rounded and screwed through the tang. The grips are in good condition with very little wobble.
The Canvas scabbard is also in very good condition and has something stenciled on one side but I can't make it out. The canvas is complete with no rips or tears and no material lacking. The brown leather tip is stamped BAUER BROS 1918
on one side. There is some surface loss to the leather tip on one side but still looks good. Take a look at the pics! For this piece $275.00
knives and bayonets 2I Here's a very nice spearpoint knife that is marked on the blade KEEN CUTTER 14260 STEEL. The piece overall measures over 10 1/2 inches long with a 6 inch spearpoint blade. This piece is in very good condition with a price marked on the wooden handle of $75.00 which is what we want for it. Nice piece!
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This is a real nice Colonial type looking sword that actually dates to Imperial Germany with double clamshell guards, silver wire grip, and urn type pommel. The 32 1/2 inch blade is much like an 1840 NCO or Muscian's blade with a nice spread winged eagle on it and wonderful etching showing panopy of arms, etc. There are small areas of rust here and there on the blade and the original small red leather washer is present. There are no makers marks on the blade. This is a real nice piece and would enhance your collection! $350.00
