The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Crank handle trench bayonet and scabbard. 152mm double edged blade. Maker's logo for Deutshe Maschinenfabrik AG of Duisburg is stamped on the ricasso and DRGM (Deutsches Gebrauchsmuster, (German Empire Utility Design)) on the reverse, with an inspection mark on spine. Steel scabbard painted black, to which is rivetted a leather belt loop. The retaining strap is closed with a press-stud, on the face of which is stamped a snow-flake design. The cranked hand-grip is fabricated from two metal stampings, joined with four rivetts, and is painted with a gloss field grey/green. A hole in the handle is designed to allow the rifle's cleaning rod to pass through. Looped around the bayonet scabbard is a Troddel, with black strap with three rows of silver thread.
This weapon is a combination dagger and bayonet. Shorter than conventional sword bayonets, it was designed expressly for trench fighting, where longer bayonets were often an impediment. This example was collected by 6618 Sapper Victor Frederick Bird, 1 Tunneling Company, AIF.
American M7 bayonet and scabbard. The handle has two piece black plastic checkered grips which are secured to the tang by two screws. The flat pommel has a squared mortise slot with a locking device i
American M7 bayonet and scabbard. The handle has two piece black plastic checkered grips which are secured to the tang by two screws. The flat pommel has a squared mortise slot with a locking device i
Pattern 07 bayonet scabbard. Black leather scabbard stamped with an arrow in a D below a crown over '19' on the reverse. It has has a blued chape and locket. The locket throat is numbered 3MD 34095 a
Brown leather scabbard for an experimental Owen sub machine gun bayonet. The blade section is held together with stitching and five rivets. It has a belt loop with a press stud strap to hold the bayon
British Pattern 1871 Cutlass Bayonet & Scabbard. The hilt has a sheet steel guard and compressed black leather checkered grips that are held to the tang with four rivets. The pommel is stamped 60 and
British Pattern 1871 Cutlass Bayonet & Scabbard. The hilt has a sheet steel guard and compressed black leather checkered grips that are held to the tang with four rivets. The pommel is stamped 128 and