This is a Hungarian made knife bayonet for use with the 8 mm. M1895 Mannlicher straight-pull rifle, which was produced in great quantities prior to and during the First World War in both Hungary and Austria. The M1895  was the first knife bayonet to feature an inverted blade profile, where cutting edge faces upwards when fixed. The scabbard frogstud, is marked FG over GY for  Fegyver És Gépgyár Reszvenytarsasag (Weapons and Machinery Manufacturing Co.) of Budapest, with the Hungarian eagle stamp on the bayonet ricasso. In very good overall condition with good clean blade and good edge and point, good wooden grips and release button, and good sound undented scabbard with most of it's original blacking and showing an armoury repair. Fitted into an original leather frog.

Our Price: £125.00