Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 14 Dec 2021
Two Austrian bayonets: i) a model 1854 Lorenz/Wanzle socket bayonet
Two Austrian bayonets: i) a model 1854 Lorenz/Wanzle socket bayonet, cruciform-section blade 19 in., shoulder with rack and unit markings (55 L St/ 370)*, socket with helical slot and locking ring; ii) a model 1895 NCO's Mannlicher bayonet, a scarce example complete with pommel ring and hooked quillon, blade 9.25 in. with sharpened edge uppermost, steel hilt with wooden grips, pommel with unit mark (74R)**, steel scabbard with frog hook, with a yellow NCO's sword knot (trodel). [2]
* 55th Landsturm Battalion; ** 74th Infantry Regiment - a regular unit that recruten in Bohemia/ Slovenia.