After more then seven years of testing the Royal Netherlands Army finally got its new rifle in 1895. On the 4 th of december 1895 it was decided that a Mannlicher weapon (Calibre: 6,5 x 53,5 R) would act as the new standard service rifle known as the M95.
This M95 rifle and its carbine variants would stay the standard service rifles for the Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy and the Royal Dutch-Indies Army (KNIL) until the second world war. The arrival of the new rifles and carbines also meant that the old Beaumont rifle bayonets had to be replaced for new M95 bayonets.
During the rifle testings also different models of bayonets were tested. This finally resulted that the choice was made for a bayonet with strong recembalance to the Brittish Lee-Metford rifle. The M95 rifle bayonet had a triangular, almost 36 cm long T-back blade, by a total length of almost 48 cm. Initialy the bayonets were ordered by three forreign suppliers: the Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks Gesellschaft in Steyr (marked with OEWG), Alexander Coppel in Solingen (marked with A C and a balance scale) and the firm of Weyersberg & Kirschbaum in Solingen (marked with W.K. & C.). In 1904 the Dutch started to fabricate their own bayonets which was done at Staatsbedrijf der Artillerie Inrichtingen (marked with HEMBRUG).
Since the arrival of the M95 rifle it took several years before the bayonet got its definitive form. Since approximately 1900 the hooked quillon disapeared, while in 1905 the leather scabbard got a brass finial and a securing leather strap.
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