Argentine M 1891/31 Engineers bayonet, First model (ABC N 365)(K0) (JN 0)

Argentine M 1891 Mauser Cavalry carbine Cal. 7,65 x 53 mm. Serial number: B 2534 Matching! on the ricasso. Excellent+ shortened fullered bright finished blade. German makers naam: W.R. KIRSCHBAUM in an arch over SOLINGEN  crisp on the ricasso. Excellent ribbed brass grip with external spring. Bright finished crossguard with modified and flattened muzzle ring and forward swept quillon. Excellent shortened blued scabbard, made from the upper part and the lower part, welted together. Matching serial number: B 2534. A single small dent near the tip only. 

Very rare bayonet. These carbine bayonets were made for the Engineers in 1931 by shortening a small number of the long M 1879 Argentine Remington bayonets. 
Only 5.000 were ever made! 
Quite a hard to find bayonet!