HOLLAND / THE NETHERLANDS

Brass plug fills the original location of the fixing for the original short spring

Additional length of spring is evident from moved location of fixing point

P Stevens Maastricht makers mark on Ricasso.

Obverse ricasso

1895 Artillery, this version of the Mannlicher bayonet were issued to Fortress Artillery, Engineers and Torpedo men(?)

Near mint hilt

Frog is clearly marked on both sides

Back

Distinctive pommel

1895 Cavalry with replacement composite grips

Bayonet is for the K.N.I.L. (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) who used their own variations on of bayonets and rifles, the 5  40 is possibly the production date of the scabbard which shows it was made around the period of the fall of  Holland - although the Dutch East Indies lasted until 1942. A less than common bayonet although approximately 41,000 were contracted to OEWG, few seem to have survived,

Many thanks to Kilian and Steven in Holland for their help in identifying this bayonet, and adding further information not in the current texts

1895 Cavalry with replacement composite grips, This one is Austrian (OEWG) made

1895 Cavalry with original scabbard

Distinctive pommel of the 1895 model blades, normal ones have a T backed blade

Hembrug makers marking

M895 close up of markings 

AR10 bayonet, uses a US M4 type blade and an M8 style  scabbard with a distinctive hilt pattern, and a riveted cross guard. There is another AR10 bayonet made by the Dutch with a stepped back muzzle ring and used by Sudan