World Bayonet Markings

INTERNATIONAL BAYONET MARKINGS
Country Description Marking
Afghanistan
Royal Arsenal at Mazar-e-Sharif
Dari Script
Argentina
National Crest
Ricasso Marking on M1891 Modelo Argentino 1891
Ricasso Marking on M1909 Modelo Argentino 1909
WEYERSBERG
Ricasso Marking on German-Made KIRSCHBAUM & CO
M1891 and M1909 SOLINGEN
D.G.F.M.
Ricasso Marking on Argentine-Made Sable Bayoneta
M1909/47 MAUSER
Mod. M-1909
Republica Argentina R A
Arsenal de la Artilleria Marina de
Zarate (Naval Artillery Arsenal) A. A. M. Z.
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ARA
Argentina Armada de la República Argentina
(cont'd) (Argentine Navy)
J. C. Suarez & Cia. Trademark
Ejército Nacional (National Army) E. A.
Consejo Federal de Seguridad

(Federal Security Council) C. S. F.
Gendarmería Nacional (Border

Guard) G. N.
Policía Marítima (Coast Guard

1951-56) P. M.
Prefectura Nacional Marítima (Coast

Guard pre-1951) P. N. M.
Australia See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets
Austria
Hapsburg Eagle (Imperial Crest)
Österreichisches Bundesheer
(Austrian Federal Army) Roundel B H
Glock Trademark (early)
Glock Trademark (later)
Moravske Ocelarny (Moravian

Steelworks)
MO
2
Austria Second Quality IIQ

(cont'd)
Stf
or
Oesterreichsche Waffenfabrik-
Gesellschaft, Steyr (Austrian State Œ
Weapons Manufacturing Company, WG
Steyr) Trademarks or
Œ
WG
ZEITLER
or
Ludwig Zeitler , Wien (Vienna)
Trademarks
Property Mark
Vogel & Noot V&N
Semi-Automatic Calibre .30

Belgium
(marking on FN M1949 bayonet) S. A. .30
Belgian Government Acceptance

Mark
J
F
M
Belgian Government Acceptance
Mark
Brazil Republic of Brazil R B
3
Brazilian Fastener Manufacturer

Brazil (cont'd)
(on FAL Type C scabbards made by EBERLE
IMBEL)
Fabrica de Itajuba F I
Força Pública Distrito Federal

(Federal District Police) Crest
δ
Greek Letters Beta and Delta β
β
EX. COPPEL
AL
SOLINGEN
German Trademarks on M1908 SIMSON & CO

Bayonets
SUHL
W. K. & CIE
SOLINGEN
BRNO Export Mark on M1908/34
Bayonet Z
See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets

Britain British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Manufacturers Chart
Bulgaria ARSENAL JS Co. Trademark 10

Canada British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Manufacturers Chart
Chile National Crest
4
Friedrich Krupp AG (Krupp Steel)

Chile (cont'd)
Trademark
WEYERSBERG
WKC Trademark on M1895 Bayonet KIRSCHBAUM & CO
SOLINGEN
Œ
Steyr Trademark on M1895 Bayonet WG
Œ
Steyr Trademark on M1912 Bayonet WG
Chilean Crest (cast into grip of

M1908 Caribineros Yataghan)
Colombia Republic of Colombia R de C
Œ
Steyr Trademark on M1912 Bayonet
WG
BRNO Trademark on VZ-24 Bayonet ČSZ

Serial Number on M1912–34 Steyr-
Solothurn Bayonet 34–nnnn
Fabrica Material de Guerra
(FAMAGE) Serial Number F–nnnnn
Czechoslovakia Government Acceptance Mark

1923-1937
Government Acceptance Mark 1938

and 1946–50
BRNO Factory Marks CSZ and ČSZ
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Czechoslovakia BRNO Factory Marks (during 945 and dot

(cont'd) German occupation)
BRNO Factory Mark (post-1948) tgf
Zbrojovka Praga Trademark
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)
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Denmark Hærens Vaabenarsenal (Army

(cont'd) Weapons Arsenal)
Hærens VaabenVerkstad (Army

Weapons Establishment) HVV
Københavns Tøjhus (Copenhagen

Arsenal)
Rustkammervaerksted (Armory
Workshop) RKV
Egypt Maadi Factory Mark
Fiskars Corporation Trademark FISKARS

Finland
HACKMAN & Co.
Hackman & Co. Trademark or
HACKMAN
Suojeluskuntain Yliesikunta (Civil
Guard) Sk.Y
Veljekset Kulmala (Kulmala Brothers) O.Y.Veljekset Kulmala A.B.
France See French Bayonet Manufacturer's Markings 1842–1893

(1842–1945)
Albert Guinard, Paris (retailer's mark Guinard

on M1904 Mauser export bayonet) Paris
Durol SA (Durol Corporation), of

France
Thiers. DLT
(Post-War)
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Établissement Minière &
France Métallurgique du Périgord
(post-War) (Perigord Mining & Metallurgical HF
[cont'd] Establishment) of Montluçon
Manufacture d'armes St. Etienne MAS
Manufacture d'armes Tulle MAT
Société R. Merat (R. Merat

Company) of Suresnes RM
Maker Mark Prefix Letter is Year of

Manufacture (instituted 1955) A = 1955 ...
See Imperial German Military Bayonet Maker Markings 1871–1918
Germany
(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 Eickhorn Squirrel Trademark (many

(post-War) variations used by Carl Eickhorn
Waffenfabrik and successor firms)
A. Eickhorn, Solingen Trademark
East German Inspection Mark K100
Eickhorn GmbH Trademark
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Germany
(post-War) E. & F. Hörster Trademark
[cont'd]
Rheinmetall AG/Carl Eickhorn
Waffenfabrik AG Trademarks (co-
branding on G3 bayonet)
Stocko Fasteners (used on G36 STOCKO

bayonet belt hanger) Fasteners
Waffentechnik Borkott & Eickhorn

GmbH Trademark
Greece
St. George and the Dragon
Αποθήκη Βάσεως Υλικού Πολέμου

(War Materiel Base Warehouse) ΑΒΥΠ
Unknown Maker Mark (on Greek

M4 bayonet)
Haiti
Forces Armées d'Haiti F A D'H
Hungary Hungarian Coat of Arms (Holy

Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary)
F. G.
Fegyver es Gepgyar Reszvenytar-
G.Y.
sasag (Weapon and Machinery
Factory Company Trademarks or
F. E. G.
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Factory Mark of Femaru es

Hungary Szerszamgépgyár NV (Hardware and 02
(cont'd) Machine Tools L.L.C.)
India See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets
Indonesia Bandung Weapons Factory (Marking

on SP.I/BM59 Bayonet)
BRIMOB (Brigade Mobil)
Kepolisian Negara Republik

Indonesia (Indonesian National POLRI
Police)
P.T. Pindad Trademark
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
10
Israel Bayonet Mk.IA. Manufacturer

101.1949 (ricasso marking on Mk.
1A bayonet)
Israel Defence Forces Emblem
Israeli Military Industries IMI
Star of David
Ta'as (Ta'asiya Tzvait) [Military

Industry] Emblem
Tsadi (government property mark)
Italy Arsenale Esercito Torino (Turin

Army Arsenal)
Fabbrica Nationale d'Armi, Brescia

(National Firearms Manufacturing, BRESCIA
Brescia)
TERNI
Fabbrica D'Armi Di Terni (Firearms
Manufacturing of Terni) or
TERNI
11
Italy (cont'd)
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
Rocca ROCCA
S. A. Rejna (Scabbard Maker) REJNA
Unknown (Scabbard Maker) A. R. E. T.
Japan See Japanese Bayonet Markings
Korea (North)
Marking on Type 58 Bayonet
12
Korea (South)
Ministry of Defense
Unknown Maker Marking DYW
Tong Yang Tech. Industries Co. Ltd. TONG YANG
Unknown Marking
Luxembourg Armee Luxembourg AL
Mexico R. M.
or
Republica Mexicana
Republica
Mexicana
Nepal
Devanagari Script
Netherlands
Artillerie Inrichtingen
(Holland)
Alexander Coppel, Solingen A C

Trademark
Dutch Royal Arsenal, Hembrug HEMBRUG
13
Netherlands
(Holland)
E & F Hörster Trademark (on M4
bayonet) H
[cont'd]
P. D. Luneschloss Trademark
Nederlandsche Wapen-en
Munitiefabriek De
Kruithoorn N.V./Carl Eickhorn
Waffenfabrik AG Trademark (co-
branding on KCB-70M1 bayonet)
Koninklijke Wapenfabriek Petrus P. STEVENS

Stevens Trademark MAASTRICHT
Steyr Trademark
Œ
WG
Weyersberg, Kirschbaum, & Co.
Trademark W. K. & C.
New Zealand British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Manufacturers Chart
Norway Kongsberg Vaabenfabrik (pre-WW

II)
Kongsberg Vaabenfabrik
Verktygsstämpel
(Tool Stamp) [WW II under
German occupation]
King Haakon 7
Erik Anton Berg Trademark (on

M1944 Bayonet) E. A. B.
Œ
Steyr Trademark
WG
14
Pakistan Military Industries Ltd. M. I. LTD
P. O. F.
Pakistan Ordnance Factory or
POF
Bayonet for Taiwanese Assault Rifle
Panama
used by Panama T 65
Peru
National Crest
BRNO Export Mark (on M1932

Bayonet) Z
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP
Armed Forces of the Philippines

Crest
Poland
Woisko Polski (Polish Army)
F. B.
Fabryka Bronie Radomiu (Radom
RADOM
Arms Factory) or
11
Perkun PERKUN
15
Portugal Navy Property Mark on m/948 Armamento Marinha

Bayonet M48
Simson Trademark (on M1904 and SIMSON & CO
m/938 Bayonets) SUHL
STEYR
Steyr Trademarks (on M1885 or
Bayonets) Œ
WG
Christ Cross (aka Portuguese
Cross)
Avis Cross
Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe)
Rhodesian Army R. A.
North Rhodesian Government
Romania Romanian Aquila (Eagle)
Ars. Arm.
Arsenalul Armatei (Army Arsenal) or
Ars. Arm.
Comisia Militara (Romanian arms

acceptance commission)
Fabrică Română de Cuțite și Oțelării

Simon Redtenbacher (today, Icos Sibiu)
16
Romania Romanian Arsenal Mark

(cont'd)
Steyr Trademark (on M1879

Bayonet)
Steyr Trademark (on M1893 Œ

Bayonet) WG
Russia Ishevsk Arsenal (to 1928)
Ishevsk Arsenal (post-1928)
Tula Arsenal
Sestroryetsk Arsenal
See Russian Refurbishment Markings
Fayette R. Plumb, Co., St. Louis,

Serbia (also MO, Trademark (on M1899/1915 PLUMB
see Yugoslavia) bayonet)
Carl Gottlieb Haenel Trademark (on
M1910 bayonet) C. G. H.
Victor Christian Schilling Trademark

(on M1910 bayonet) V. C. S.
Quality Control Stamp C
Siam (now Chakra (Discus)

Thailand)
17
Siam now
Thailand) R. S. (Rattanakosin Sok) 121
[cont'd]
Steyr Trademark (on M1879

Bayonet)
Wild Tiger Corps Mark
South Africa See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets
Spain Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (factory ARTILLERIA

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

mark on M1893 bayonets ca. FCA DE TOLEDO
1900–06) 1901
A RT I L L E R I A
Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (factory
mark on bayonets ca. 1906–20) FA
B RI O
C A D E TO L E D
ILLERIA
Artilleria Fábrica de Toledo (factory A RT
mark on bayonets ca. 1920–36) FCA NACIONAL
TOLEDO
Fábrica de armas de Toledo (factory

mark on M1941 bayonet and
CETME export bayonets) TO
LEDO
Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara

de Industrias Militares (factory mark
on CETME export bayonets, e.g.,
Guatemala) TO
LEDO
18
Spain (cont'd) Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara de

Industrias Militares (maker mark on
OL
O
Spanish CETME bayonets) ED
T
Spanish Army Crest
Spanish Navy Crest
Santiago Cross
Simson Trademark
SIMSON & CO
SUHL
WEYERSBERG
WKC Trademark KIRSCHBAUM & CO
SOLINGEN
Export Mark
Unknown Mark P. R. 8
Sudan Interarmco Trademark (on AR-10 Interarmco

bayonet) REG. PAT. GERMANY
Sweden
Bernt August Hjort & Co
19
Sweden Carl Eickhorn Waffenfabrik

(cont'd) Trademarkmark
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. I. G. Neuhausen S.J.G. NEUHAUSEN
or
H. S.
or
H.St.
Hans Steimar, Wasen im Emmental or
HSW
or
H.St.W.
20
ELSENER
Switzerland SCHWYZ
(cont'd)
VICTORIA
or
Victorinox AG
VICTORIA
SCHWYZ
or
V
Waffenfabrik, Bern
Waffenfabrik, Neuhausen WAFFENFABRIK

NEUHAUSEN
WENGER
Wenger & Co. or
W
Government Property Marks or
Sch.
Turkey Askari Fabrica (Military Factory) AS. FA.
Star and Crescent
Crescent
21
Turkey (cont'd) Toughra (Official Seal of the

Ottoman Sultan)
Alexander Coppel
Simson & Co., Suhl or
Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. or
Makina ve Kimya Endustrsi Kurumu

(Mechanical and Chemical Industry
Corp.)
Tophane Arsenal Mark (on M1913

bayonet)
United Arab
Emirates UAE Army Falcon Crest
United States See U.S. Bayonet Markings
EX. COPPEL
AL
Uruguay Alexander Coppel Trademark (on
M1895 bayonet)
SOLINGEN
Carl Gottlieb Haenel Trademark (on
M1908 bayonet) C. G. H.
22
Victor Christian Schilling Trademark

Uruguay
(on M1908 bayonet) V. C. S.
(cont'd)
FN Inspection Mark on M1895
Bayonet
LD
FN Inspection Mark on M1900
Venezuela Bayonet
N
Yugoslavia Artiljerijskio Tehnicki Zavod

(also see (Artillery Technical Institute)
Serbia)
M1924b Marking (Mexican
МОД. 1924 Б
Contract)
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
36-189-6 (Blade)
36-190-2 (L. Grip)
M1956 Bayonet Part Numbers 36-190-3 (R. Grip)
36-191-2 (Scabbard)
S-38-191-9 (Belt Frog)
23
Yugoslavia Kragujevac Factory Inspection Mark

(cont'd)
SPORT OPREMA
Markings on PAP M59 Drill Rifle and
Rubber Bayonet
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INTERNATIONAL BAYONET MARKINGS

Country Description Marking

Ricasso Marking on M1891 Modelo Argentino 1891

Ricasso Marking on M1909 Modelo Argentino 1909

J. C. Suarez & Cia. Trademark

Ejército Nacional (National Army) E. A.

Consejo Federal de Seguridad

Gendarmería Nacional (Border

Policía Marítima (Coast Guard

Prefectura Nacional Marítima (Coast

Australia See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets

Glock Trademark (later)

Moravske Ocelarny (Moravian

Austria Second Quality IIQ

Vogel & Noot V&N

Semi-Automatic Calibre .30

Belgian Government Acceptance

Brazil Republic of Brazil R B

Brazilian Fastener Manufacturer

Força Pública Distrito Federal

German Trademarks on M1908 SIMSON & CO

See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets

Bulgaria ARSENAL JS Co. Trademark 10

See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets

Chile National Crest

Friedrich Krupp AG (Krupp Steel)

Chilean Crest (cast into grip of

Colombia Republic of Colombia R de C

BRNO Trademark on VZ-24 Bayonet ČSZ

Czechoslovakia Government Acceptance Mark

Government Acceptance Mark 1938

BRNO Factory Marks CSZ and ČSZ

Czechoslovakia BRNO Factory Marks (during 945 and dot

BRNO Factory Mark (post-1948) tgf

Zbrojovka Praga Trademark

Hærens Materielkommando (Army

Hærens Tekniske Korps (Army

Denmark Hærens Vaabenarsenal (Army

Hærens VaabenVerkstad (Army

Københavns Tøjhus (Copenhagen

Egypt Maadi Factory Mark

Fiskars Corporation Trademark FISKARS

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

France See French Bayonet Manufacturer's Markings 1842–1893

Albert Guinard, Paris (retailer's mark Guinard

Durol SA (Durol Corporation), of

Manufacture d'armes St. Etienne MAS

Manufacture d'armes Tulle MAT

Société R. Merat (R. Merat

Maker Mark Prefix Letter is Year of

Imperial German Royal Cyphers 1871-1918

Germany See German M1884/98 III Bayonet Makers' Markings

Germany Eickhorn Squirrel Trademark (many

A. Eickhorn, Solingen Trademark

East German Inspection Mark K100

Eickhorn GmbH Trademark

Stocko Fasteners (used on G36 STOCKO

Waffentechnik Borkott & Eickhorn

Αποθήκη Βάσεως Υλικού Πολέμου

Unknown Maker Mark (on Greek

Hungary Hungarian Coat of Arms (Holy

Factory Mark of Femaru es

India See Bryan Brown's Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets