VZ-23 Knife bayonet

for use with the 8 mm. Czechoslovakian Gewehr 98 and VZ–98/22 Mauser rifles. Also mounts to the later VZ–24 short rifle.
This example was made in 1923 by Československá zbrojovka a.s., Brno.

The VZ–23 copied the Austrian M1895 inverted blade profile, but used a Mauser style hilt