Articles of the Gazette

98/05 bayonet with two makers markings. (Gazette 19 - Article 2)

Since I study the German bayonets, some characteristics have been noted. But all of these were left without any explanations. One of these characteristics seen on all the known models is to be stamped with by to trademarks, one on each side of the blade. My purpose for today is to only look at a widely made model but for which the two trademarks are not that frequent and mostly not that known. In the 1980’s several books were published about the model 1898/05 bayonets, mostly in England. One of these caught my attention as for this time it was very well documented and was taken as the basis of many studies. It is Mr Anthony Carter’s book titled “the models 98/02 and 98/05”, a great book...