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Hi gents, this is my first post over here so I hope you guys can help me.I’ve been offered thisn bayo for free but I don’t know if it is for a sks or akm or a Type 44 carbine? These are the only photos I have. Thank you in advance. Bill.:confused:

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Some photos from my personal collection. It shows women from a labor camp, I don’t have much information about these pictures. I just know it’s probably in Bulgaria around 1942. I only know this because the photos was in an album with other photos. These were took in Sofia and other places in Bulgaria. I only bought the pictures from the camp, but it’s maybe somewhere else in the Balkans.

It would be great if some of you guys have any other information !

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I picked this up in an auction lot. It totally looks like a early brass anchor helmet, is not magnetic and is dull/flat nickel plated. The only thing different is that the bendable tabs are cut at a slant, rather then squared off like my brass ones.

I’ve never owned one but a friend has one (but his nickel plating is half gone on the front of it). His also has the "slant cut" on the back tabs.

While researching this forum I came across Nicks article on the history of the development of the Army Type 90 and he has this photo of a nickel plated anchor on a IJN Model 1922 Cherry Blossom helmet!

Here is one more photo of one showing some field wear which was painted over at some point.

My question is: Do any other collectors have one like this or one that might have even come on a IJN helmet? If so does yours also have the slant cut on the backside? PLEASE POST SOME PHOTOS IF YOU HAVE ONE - I would love to know more about these and when these stopped being issued with IJN helmets.

LS

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I bought it today. It is a bayonet turned into a knife (that’s why the length). There is no mark except the two small stamp at the end of the handle (maybe the manufacture). Not sure if it’s really a bayonet of a 98k.

Thank you in advance for any information !

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