Gewehr 71 sabre "Seitengewehr" M1871 bayonet

[@sammelplatzmilitaria]

Wieder ein sehr schönes Video ! Grüße vom Sammelplatz

[@Niamhua]

Glad to see more 1800s stuff coming back to the channel!

[@pointynotsharp]

@@Niamhua got a p1879 coming up soon as well

[@JohnLamp-g5d]

Beautiful handle!

[@andrewhaddock7996]

Blade by coppel,assembled by Erfurt, coppel was a manufacturer, Erfurt was an arsenal.

[@pointynotsharp]

Thanks, that had me stumped

[@militariacollectablesbelgium]

For a museum piece is such a disaster imo. Its a great historical bayonet. It needs some take and care😢 badly, i have the same in my collection with a sawback, so i know what it looks like in person. The museum needs to upgrade

[@pointynotsharp]

It's nicer than it looks, under the lacquer it's not too bad. I don't think they will remove it though

[@mkruk2]

I have a gorgeous M1871 bayonet that doesn’t have any imperial proofs on it or date on the spine of the blade. It has the makers mark of Wyersberg & Kischbaum Solingen. I asked another collector and he thinks it is not a dress bayonet (those would not have a functional locking mechanism or might not be slotted for a lug), but a salesman sample for commercial/export sale. Any thoughts?

[@pointynotsharp]

It sounds like a commercially made one to me

[@brittakriep2938]

M 71 rifles had been sold into another countries.

[@AGermanFencer]

Ouf. Thats in bad shape :D
A friend of mine has one with scabbard in mint condition.
And hes not even any sort of collector.
Theyre quite common in germany.