Bayonet Info ?

moetard · 01-31-2010, 09:21 PM

Would anyone know anything about this bayonet ? There are markings on each side of the blade near the handle.

43ffc

8521

Would this bayonet be of any value ?

Thanks

wayne8661 · 01-31-2010, 09:25 PM

Really need some good pics.

wayne8661 · 01-31-2010, 09:42 PM

Your bayonet is for a K98 it was made in 1943 FFC is the maker (although I dont know who the maker is off of the top of my head) Is the back of the scabbard numbered also? If it matches the numbers on the bayonet with the leather frog and all I would say you shout be able to get $150-200 for it. Although it may not sell quickly.

Wayne

wayne8661 · 01-31-2010, 09:43 PM

Here is who the maker is

ffc- Friedrich Abr. Herder und Sohn, Solingen

wayne8661 · 02-02-2010, 11:15 PM

The bayonet and scabbard are mismatched. This would drop the value. Is the leather frog marked?

Lyn Islaub · 02-02-2010, 11:21 PM

You have a late war K98 combat bayonet with a mis-matched scabbard. Wayne is correct in that the maker was Herder und Sohn, a well known German maker. The 8521c mark on the blade is the bayonet's serial number and the 554 on the scabbard is it'serial number. Value of K98 combat blades is a tough one to guage right now, but I've seen very clean matching ones in the $250-300 range and clean mis-matched ones in the $100-150 range recently. Used to find them for $35, but those days are over.
Lyn

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01-31-2010, 09:25 PM	#2
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 611 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	Really need some good pics.

01-31-2010, 09:42 PM	#3
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 611 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	Your bayonet is for a K98 it was made in 1943 FFC is the maker (although I dont know who the maker is off of the top of my head) Is the back of the scabbard numbered also? If it matches the numbers on the bayonet with the leather frog and all I would say you shout be able to get $150-200 for it. Although it may not sell quickly. Wayne

01-31-2010, 09:43 PM	#4
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 611 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	Here is who the maker is ffc- Friedrich Abr. Herder und Sohn, Solingen

02-02-2010, 11:15 PM	#5
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 611 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	The bayonet and scabbard are mismatched. This would drop the value. Is the leather frog marked?

02-02-2010, 11:21 PM	#6
Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	You have a late war K98 combat bayonet with a mis-matched scabbard. Wayne is correct in that the maker was Herder und Sohn, a well known German maker. The 8521c mark on the blade is the bayonet's serial number and the 554 on the scabbard is it'serial number. Value of K98 combat blades is a tough one to guage right now, but I've seen very clean matching ones in the $250-300 range and clean mis-matched ones in the $100-150 range recently. Used to find them for $35, but those days are over. Lyn