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Cut Down Bayonet, Trench Art or Award?

 
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gwsiii



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:16 am    Post subject: Cut Down Bayonet, Trench Art or Award? Reply with quote
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..."The badge on the front is a watch fob with the loop cut off the top, and mounted to the band on the scabbard. The loop on the back of the scabbard makes this bayonet hang backwards then normal. My question is, award, or G.I. souvenir??...



Due to the excessive wear on the fob, and not on the rest of the rig, and no provision to carry it, I'd guess G.I. Souvenir. Anyone else?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I vote US GI souvenier upgrade.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
concur with 03 man, have to get up with Gary Nila to find out about the watch fob itself.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
whatever it is ,its beautiful!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:52 am    Post subject: knife Reply with quote
Its one of those things I'd see at a show, write off as trench art, and decide that I most definitely had to have.....Its very nicely done. Trey
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a bayonet very much like the one shown, sans scabbard. The point is sharp but, the blade is not. The curve on the front is very much like that of an original bayonet
What is the length of your blade?
What so the symbols on the fob say?
Can you see or feel any seam on the scabbard where it was shortened?

Thanx, Chuck.
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