German WWII S 84/98 "Pioneer"dress bayonet by EMIL VOOS - SOLINGEN. Luftwaffe etching on blade!. (ABCN471-2) (K 564)(JN0)
German WWII S 84/98 "Pioneer" dress bayonet for enlisted personal. Exceptional chrome plated fullered 24.5 cm. long blade. Rare German maker's name and trademark: EMIL VOOS over Solingen on the right ricasso. Blade is beautiful etched for a Luftwaffe soldier. Text in two lines in a frame on the left side of the blade: ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT (= In remembranch of my time in service). Floral motives on both sides of the text frame and a NAZI eagle over a Swastica in a wreath on the left side and a Luftwaffe Eagle over a Swastica on the right side. (Paul Seilheimer - Solingen, engraving Style 2) Black leather washer intact. Excellent plated 84/98 style pommel and grossguard, made without a quillon!. T/O slot works fine.
Excellent checkered black plastic grips attached to the tang by two domed rivets.
Correct minty blackened scabbard with no dents.
Total length 36,5 cm. >95% chrome intact.
Comes with its Excellent + and scarce leather belt frog as found, made from dark red/brown leather (Luftwaffe), with a fine outer finish of pigskin. Four hollow steel rivets and a single punched central rivet in the back. Length 21 cm. (Ref. Roy Williams M/W "A collectors guide to German bayonet belt frogs", Page 255 )
A very unique Extra-Seitengewehr of the S 84/98 pattern for walking out. These bayonets looked too much like issue 84/98 bayonets and were not very popular by the soldiers and are therefor quite scarce. They were marketed as "Engineer" (Pionier) bayonets by the manufacturers, but were used by any branch of the military, including Police.
This Luftwaffe acid etched example is a very seldom seen model with a 84/98 style pommel and no quillon.(See book: History of German Bayonets by George T.Wheeler. Page 131 Paul Seilheimer -Solingen- engraving Style 2) )
It is also unique be course of: made by a scarce maker and the combination of this particular dress bayonet with its scarce frog!
Very nice, EXC+ condition and a unique example!
