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 with a scabbard with Berlin District police markings, which is fitted with a lovely black patent leather frog and police portepee sword knot.

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 and show just a bit of wiggle. Both cross guard and eagle’s head are in very good condition, with almost all of the original nickel plating still intact, showing only light wear.

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

S. B. 2147

This indicates issue to the Metropolitan Schutzpolizei (Protection Police) of the Berlin, Officer 2147. The back of the scabbard is marked with S. B. 9630, so it is not matching but from the same unit, probably swapped at some point while in service.

The bayonet has a lovely approximately 33 cm (12.75 inches) long nickel plated steel blade, which was forged "cut-down" style, with the fuller running to the tip. Blade is nice and bright, of excellent quality, and still has over 95% of the original nickel plating, with a slight area of wear and oxidation near the tip. There are also a few small dents and dings on the spine and edge. The leather blade buffer is still present against the cross guard, definitely something we don't see every day.

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 nickel plated brass, and is in very good condition. The leather does show age and finish loss, and is has shrunk a bit, so that the wavy pattern of the scabbard throat springs can be seen. It is held in a lovely black patent leather dress frog, which is the type that does not have any securing rivets. It has worn a bit due to age, with the finish degrading, and the seam on one side splitting as the stitching rotted out. There is a very nice tri-color fabric and bullion portepee knot wrapped around the frog. 

This is a wonderful unit marked early war metropolitan police bayonet by WKC with some great research potential! Complete with scabbard, frog, and troddel, this bayonet is ready to research and 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”