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Czech - Bayonet M23 long export pattern

The M1923 bayonet, manufacturing pattern 98/22 long is believed to be an export model and features the reversed cutting edge characteristic of earlier Austrian bayonets. This example is in very good condition for its years. The wooden grips are held with two studs above the crossguard and muzzle ring.

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The receipt of export contracts for Mauser rifles from Persia (Iran), Lithuania, and Ecuador provided an opportunity for the Czechoslovakian Army to standardize on the VZ–24 bayonet by passing on the VZ–23 bayonets still in service to export customers. 55,000 VZ–23 bayonets were disposed of in this way from 1935–37, with the Czechoslovakian Army receiving a new VZ–24 bayonet for each serviceable VZ–23 bayonet turned in to Zbrojovka, Brno.

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