International Bayonet Markings Page

INTERNATIONAL BAYONET MARKINGS

Country Description Marking

Argentina National Crest

Ricasso Marking on M1891 Modelo Argentino 1891

Ricasso Marking on M1909 Modelo Argentino 1909

D.G.F.M. Ricasso Marking on Argentine- Sable Bayoneta Produced M1909 MAUSER Mod. M-1909

Republica Argentina R A

Arsenal de la Artilleria Marina de Zarate (Naval Artillery Arsenal) A. A. M. Z.

Armada de la República Argentina (Argentine Navy) ARA

J. C. Suarez & Cia.

Ejército Nacional (National Army) E. A.

Consejo Federal de Seguridad (Federal Security Council) C. S. F.

Argentina Gendarmería Nacional (Border (cont'd) Guard) G. N.

Policía Marítima (Coast Guard 1951-56) P. M .

Prefectura Nacional Marítima (Coast Guard pre-1951) P. N. M.

Austria Hapsburg Eagle (Imperial Crest)

Österreichisches Bundesheer (Austrian Federal Army) roundel BH

Glock Trademark (early)

Glock Trademark (later)

Moravske Ocelarny (Moravian Steelworks) M O

Second Quality IIQ Stf or Oesterreichsche Waffenfabrik- Gesellschaft, Steyr (Austrian State Œ Weapons Manufacturing Company, WG Steyr) Trademarks or Œ WG

Austria Vogel & Noot V & N (cont'd)

Belgium Semi-Automatic Calibre .30 (marking on FN M1949 bayonet) S. A. .30

Belgian Government Acceptance Mark JF

Belgian Government Acceptance Mark M

Brazil Republic of Brazil R B

Brazilian Fastener Manufacturer (found on FAL Type C scabbards EBERLE made by IMBEL)

Fabrica de Itajuba F I

Força Pública Distrito Federal (Federal District Police) Crest

δ Greek Letters Beta and Delta β β

Britain See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Manufacturers Chart

Bulgaria ARSENAL JS Co. 10

Chile National Crest

Friedrich Krupp AG (Krupp Steel) Trademark

Chilean Crest (cast into grip of M1908 Caribineros Yataghan)

Colombia Republic of Colombia R de C

Czechoslovakia Government Acceptance Mark 1923-1937

Government Acceptance Mark 1938 and 1946–50

BRNO Factory Marks CSZ and ČSZ

BRNO Factory Marks (during German occupation) 945 and dot

BRNO Factory Mark (post-WW II) tgf

Export Marks Z Z

Forsvarets Krigsmaterial Denmark Forvalning (Defense War Material Administration)

Hærens Materielkommando (Army Materiel Command)

Hærens Tekniske Korps (Army Technical Corps)

HÆRENS TØJHUS Hærens Tøjhus (Army Arsenal) or

HÆRENS RUSTKAMMER Hærens Rustkammer (Army or Armory)

Hærens Vaabenarsenal (Army Weapons Arsenal)

Hærens VaabenVerkstad (Army Weapons Establishment) HVV

Københavns Tøjhus (Copenhagen Arsenal)

Denmark Rustkammervaerksted (Armory (cont'd) Workshop) RKV

Egypt Maadi Factory Mark

Fiskars Corporation Finland FISKARS

HACKMAN & Co. Hackman & Co. or HACKMAN

Suojeluskuntain Yliesikunta (Civil Guard) Sk.Y

Veljekset Kulmala (Kulmala Brothers) O.Y. Veljekset Kulmala A.B.

France See Imperial French Bayonet Markings (1842–1945)

Albert Guinard, Paris (retailer's mark Guinard found on M1904 Mauser export bayonet) Paris

France Unknown Mark (on FAMAS DLT (Post-War) bayonet)

Establishment Regional du Materiel E-RM

Manufacture d'armes St. Etienne MAS

Manufacture d'armes Tulle MAT

Germany See Trademarks Found on Imperial German Bayonets (1871–1918) Imperial German Bayonet Makers 1871-1918

Imperial German Royal Cyphers 1871-1918

Germany See German M1884/98 III Bayonet Makers' Markings (1933–1945)

Germany East German Inspection Mark (post-War) K100

A. Eickhorn, Solingen Trademark

Eickhorn Squirrel Trademark (many variations used by Carl Eickhorn Waffenfabrik and successor firms)

E. & F. Hörster Trademark

Rheinmetall AG/Carl Eickhorn Waffenfabrik AG (co-branding on G3 bayonet)

Stocko Fasteners (used on G36 STOCKO bayonet belt hanger) Fasteners

Greece St. George and the Dragon

Abbreviation for: Αποθήκη Βάσεως Greece Υλικού Πολέμου (War Materiel Base (cont'd) ΑΒΥΠ Warehouse)

Unknown Maker Mark (on Greek M4 bayonet)

Haiti Forces Armées d'Haiti F A D'H

Hungary Holy Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary (national crest)

F. G . Fegyver es Gepgyar Reszvenytar- G . Y. sasag (Weapon and Machinery Factory Company or F. E. G.

Factory Mark of Femaru es Szerszamgépgyár NV (Hardware and 02 Machine Tools L.L.C.)

Indonesia Bandung Weapons Factory (Marking on SP.I/BM59 Bayonet)

BRIMOB (Brigade Mobil)

Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia (Indonesian National POLRI Police)

Indonesia (cont'd) P.T. Pindad Factory Marking

Senapan Panjang 1 (Long Rifle 1) SP.1

Senapan Serbu 1 (Assault Rifle 1) Pindad S1.PINDAD

Unknown Factory’s Marking (Garula- Star mark on M1 bayonet copy)

Iran (Persia) Pahlavi Crown

Israel Bayonet Mk.IA. Manufacturer 101.1949 (ricasso marking on Mk. 1A bayonet)

Israeli Military Industries I M I

Star of David

Tsadi (government property mark)

Fabbrica Nationale d'Armi, Brescia Italy (National Firearms Manufacturing, BRESCIA Brescia)

TERNI Fabbrica D'Armi Di Terni (Firearms Manufacturing of Terni) or TERNI

TORINO or

Reale Fabbrica d'armi di Torre Annunziata (Royal Arms Factory in Torre Annunziata) or TORRE ANNUNZIATA

Coltellerie Riunite (United Cutlers) CR GNUTTI or C. GNUTTI C. Gnutti or

C.GNUTTI

Italy (cont'd) Rocca ROCCA

Arsenale Esercito Torino (Turin Army Arsenal)

S. A. Rejna (Scabbard Maker) REJNA

Unknown (Scabbard Maker) A. R. E. T.

Japan See Japanese Bayonet Markings

Korea (South) Ministry of Defense

Unknown Maker Marking D Y W

Tong Yang Tech. Industries Co. Ltd. TONG YANG

Unknown Marking

Luxembourg Armee Luxembourg A L

Mexico R. M. or Republica Mexicana Republica Mexicana

Netherlands Artillerie Inrichtingen (Holland)

Netherlands (Holland) Dutch Royal Arsenal, Hembrug HEMBRUG cont'd

E & F Hörster (found on Dutch M4 bayonet) H

Nederlandsche Wapen-en Munitiefabriek De Kruithoorn N.V./Carl Eickhorn Waffenfabrik AG (co-branding on KCB-70M1 bayonet)

Norway Kongsberg Vaabenfabrik (pre-WW II)

Kongsberg Vaabenfabrik Verktygsstämpel (Tool Stamp) [WW II under German occupation]

King Haakon 7

Pakistan Military Industries Ltd. M. I. LTD

P. O. F. Pakistan Ordnance Factory or P O F

Panama Bayonet forTaiwanese Assault Rifle used by Panama T 65

Peru National Crest

Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines A F P

Armed Forces of the Philippines Crest

Poland Woisko Polski (Polish Army)

F. B .

Fabryka Bronie Radomiu (Radom RADOM Arms Factory) or 11

Perkun PERKUN

Portugal Navy Property Mark on m/948 Armamento Marinha Bayonet M48

Rhodesia (now Rhodesian Army Zimbabwe) R. A.

North Rhodesian Government

Romania Comisia Militara (Romanian arms acceptance commission)

Romanian Arsenal Mark

Russia Ishevsk Arsenal (to 1928)

Ishevsk Arsenal (post-1928)

Tula Arsenal

Sestroryetsk Arsenal

Rework Marking

Serbia (also Fayette R. Plumb, Co., St. Louis, MO see Yugoslavia) (maker marking on M1899/1915 PLUMB bayonet)

Carl Gottlieb Haenel (maker mark on M1910 bayonet) C. G. H.

Victor Christian Schilling (maker mark on M1910 bayonet) V. C. S.

Quality Control Stamp C

Siam (now Wild Tiger Corps Mark Thailand)

R. S. (Rattanakosin Sok) 121

Chakra (Discus)

Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (maker ARTILLERIA Spain mark on M1893 bayonets ca. FCA DE TOLEDO 1894–99) 1898

Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (maker ARTILLERIA mark on M1893 bayonets ca. FCA DE TOLEDO 1900–06) 1901

ARTILLERIA Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (maker

mark on bayonets ca. 1906–20) FA B DO RICA DE TOLE

RTILLERIA Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (maker A mark on bayonets ca. 1920–36) FCA NACIONAL TOLEDO

Fábrica de armas de Toledo (maker mark on M1941 bayonet and T CETME export bayonets) O LE D O

Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara de Industrias Militares (maker mark on CETME export bayonets, e.g., Guatemala) T OLED O

Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara de Industrias Militares (maker mark on T O O Spanish CETME bayonets) L E D

Spain (cont'd) Spanish Army Crest

Spanish Navy Crest

German Export Mark (found on M1884/98 III bayonets exported to Spain)

Unknown Mark P. R. 8

Sudan Interarmco Trademark (on AR-10 Interarmco bayonet) REG. PAT. GERMANY

Sweden Bernt August Hjort & Co

Carl Gustaf Stads Gevärsfaktori

Erik Anton Berg E. A. B.

Eskilstuna Jernmanufakuraktiebolag AB (Eskilstuna Jern Manufacturing, Inc.)

Government Acceptance Mark

Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB H

MASCHINENFABRIK Switzerland Maschinenfabrik, Bern BERN Paillard AG P S.I.G. NEUHAUSEN or S.J.G. NEUHAUSEN S. I. G. Neuhausen or

Government Property Mark H. S. or H.St. Hans Steimar, Wasen im Emmental or HSW or H.St.W. ELSENER SCHWYZ VICTORIA or Victorinox AG VICTORIA SCHWYZ or V

Waffenfabrik, Bern

FENFAB Switzerland Waffenfabrik, Neuhausen WAF RIK (cont'd) NEUHAUSEN

WENGER Wenger & Co. or W

Turkey Askari Fabrica (Military Factory) AS. FA.

Toughra (Official Seal of the Ottoman Sultan)

Alexander Coppel

Simson & Co., Suhl or

Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. or

Tophane (Turkish arsenal mark on M1913 bayonet)

United Arab Emirates UAE Army Falcon Crest

Carl Gottlieb Haenel (maker mark Uruguay on M1908 bayonet) C. G. H.

Victor Christian Schilling (maker mark on M1908 bayonet) V. C. S.

Unknown Mark on M1908 Bayonet S. M. B.

Venezuela FN Inspection Mark on M1900 Bayonet N

Yugoslavia Artiljerijskio Tehnicki Zavod (also see (Artillery Technical Institute) Serbia)

M1924b Marking (Mexican contract) МОД. 1924 Б

M1924b Marking

Vojna Kontrola (Military Control)

Vojno Tehnicki Zavod (Military Technical Institute)

Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Flag Works) to 1953

Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Flag Works) 1953-1957