Auction treasures

[Merc]

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Here are two bayonets that I bought at a recent auction. Very nice examples.

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Very Nice! Is that a Danish scabbard on the cutdown? RIA looks to be in perfect shape!

[Merc]

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Here's a close up of the ID stamping on the scabbard. It looks Danish, but I'll need to find another example to know for sure.

Update: Yep, it's Danish. I found the exact same scabbard with a wood grain finish on eBay. HMAK, when spelled out and translated to English, means Army Material Command. This probably means that the bayonet was owned by the Danes but made by Oneida to US specs. It doesn't look like it saw any service.

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Here's a closeup of the RIA scabbard. All US on this one. The RIA bayonet is in great shape with no loss on the blade and a very small area of loss on the hand guard.