Original German Made Argentine Mauser Model 1909 2nd Pattern Bayonet with Intact Crest & Scabbard Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage Chemnitz also housed Stalag IV-F

Chemnitz also housed Stalag IV-F which opened in February 1941

Weeks later the first troops of the German Afrika Korps started to arrive in North Africa (February 1941)

fastened behind the helmet

This Municipal Police Bayonet has a solid nickel hilt and it is the larger proportion type

found herself stranded in an unfavourable position and exposed to French fire for so long that she had to retreat

Original German Made Argentine Mauser Model 1909 2nd Pattern Bayonet with Intact Crest & Scabbard Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage Chemnitz also housed Stalag IV-FOriginal Item: Only One Available. This really is a very nice example of a German manufactured Argentine Model 1909 2nd Pattern Bayonet. These were originally designed to work with the new Mauser Model 1909 rifle, based on the German Gewehr 98. Unfortunately the new design was incompatible with the previous model 1891 rifles and bayonets, so an adapter was developed to allow them to fit. This proved cumbersome however, and after the first 3000, the