Original German WWII Berlin Metropolitan Police Long Dress Bayonet by WKC Waffenfabrik with Scabbard Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Unit-Marked Berlin Metropolitan Police Long Dress “Walking Out” Bayonet by the legendary Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co. of Solingen. A beautiful piece that comes complete with its original nickel fitted black leather scabbard, which is also Berlin Police marked.

The handle of the bayonet is lovely solid nickel plated alloy, featuring a lovely decorated “Birds Head” pommel without a bayonet slot, and an upswept cross guard decorated with oak leaves. The grip scales are made of beautiful stag horn with an aluminum police insignia firmly attached on one side. These are held with solid aluminum rivets dressed on the reverse and show no wiggle at all. Both cross guard and eagle’s head are in very good condition, showing light wear and a lightly oxidized patina.

As with most police bayonets, there is a unit marking on the reverse guard of the bayonet:

S. B. 814

This indicates issue to the Metropolitan Schutzpolizei (Protection Police) of the Berlin, Officer 2147. The back of the scabbard is marked with S. B. 638, so it is not matching but from the same unit, probably swapped at some point while in service.

The bayonet has a very nice approximately 33 cm (12.75 inches) long steel blade, which was forged “cut-down” style, with the fuller running to the tip. It is is nice and bright, of excellent quality, with much of the original nickel plating remaining. It shows some runner wear which may have gone through the plating, but still looks great. The leather blade buffer is no longer present.

The blade ricasso is maker marked WEYERSBERG KIRSCHBAUM & Co. SOLINGEN with the firms trademark “Knights-Head” (Ritter-helm) logo on the opposite side of the ricasso. This company is a famous manufacturer of military swords and cutlery in Solingen, Germany – a city famous since the middle ages for its metal-working and craftsmanship in sword making. Per J. Anthony Carter’s fine work GERMAN SWORD AND KNIFE MAKERS, the traditional manufacturing of swords at WKC dates back to the year 1774 when the Weyersberg first registered the ”Kings head” as their trademark. Later in 1883 the company merged with the Kirschbaums and the company Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie was formed, which continued into the Weimar Period. It then rebranded as W.K.C. Waffenfabrik GmbH, and produced many edged weapons during the NSDAP Period. The company is still in operation today.

The scabbard is made of fine black leather, fitted with heavily nickel plated alloy, and is in very good condition. The fittings have a lovely look, however the leather has definitely deteriorated, and looks like it may have had some attempted glue and/or stitched repairs in the past.

This is a wonderful early war metropolitan police bayonet with scabbard marked to the Berlin Police! Ready to display!

Specifications:
Blade Length: 13″
Blade Style: Single Edged with Fuller
Overall length: 17 1/2”
Crossguard: 2 1/4”
Scabbard Length: 14 1/2”