This is a former Imperial Army bayonet that was reworked and issued to the police not long after the end of the Great War,

Crossguard stamped 1920

Crossguard unit marked: S.Ar.III.R.157.

Schutzpolizei Arnsburg 3rd district Revierhauptmannschaft Inventory #157

V notch cut into the prommel. Press stud still works

Blade spine, no original marking left after rework. Blade has been blued and was never sharpened.

Has a correct, but totally unmarked scabbard

Don't know anything about those, but sure it looks like a nice piece. What blade length did they have?

TK

You got your question on the scabbard in before I posted the last picture. Yes, it is a 98/05 metal acabbard

Joe

You noticed so I changed my question

TK

Your quick with that correction.

The blade length runs about 14 1/4". The are commonly known as "Butcher" blade bayonets. They are not as pretty as some of the other models, but I like the Imperial Army unit marked ones, as they have a lot of direct history associated to them.

The police unit marked blades are identified to specific areas of command in Germany during the post WW I and in the Weimar period.

The Imperial & Wirmar navies unit marked some of their bayonets as well.
Joe

Joe,
Thanks for posting pictures of your beautiful Weimar Police rework. I think these bayonets are fascinating because of the history behind them and the different variations.
I have taken a few shots of one that is the same as yours, but different.

Weimar Police rework with sawback removed. Per the Treaty of Versailles, the crossguard is dated 1920 on the obverse, denoting inspection by the Allied Commission. All 98/05 bayonets began life with a polished finish. When these were reworked during the Weimar period, most had all metal parts blued.

As often seen on these reworks, the press stud and the grip screws have been slotted for a screwdriver. This was often-times, but not always done. Notice that Joe's has not. This bayonet also includes an unmarked "rough out" frog.

Here are the slotted grip screws.

The reverse of the crossguard is stamped S.Fr.I.231.4. I believe this denotes "Schutzpolizei Frankfurt, Abschnitt 1, Weapon 231 (not sure what the .4 means). I'm sure Joe will know.

The obverse ricasso bears the distributor's mark "L.O. Dietrich, Altenburg". Reverse ricasso bears the manufacturer's mark "Gebr. Hartkopf, Solingen".
Additionally, the obverse ricasso bears the number K516 which is also stamped on the lip of the scabbard throat.

Gebrüder Hartkopf

Spine of the blade showing how the sawteeth were ground off.

Here is a shot of a WWI period 98/05 with sawtooth blade. This one marked Anker-Werk, Bielefeld like Joe's. Notice the metal parts are unblued.

WWI 98/05 with unslotted grip screws.

WWI 98/05 Bayonet

Weimar 98/05 Police re-work.

Sorry to be so long-winded, but I like these things.

Thanks for starting this thread Joe.

Check out my other recent thread: Unusual Police Unit Marked Bayo, which is also a reworked 98/05.