German K-98 bayonet maker ‘Carl Reinhard Schneider’ from 1943 with red handles. Used in war!
This bayonet with ‘leather frog’ is a bayonet that was used during the war. All traces on this bayonet indicate this.
This is a Type S84/98 II K98 bayonet from manufacturer CRS (Carl Reinhard Schneider).
Year of manufacture 1943. The handle is made of dark red bakelite. The blade, steel ricasso, has the stamp ‘43 CRS’ with serial number: 9200 h.
The Waffenamt eagle has been filed off and is no longer visible, which is not entirely unusual for this manufacturer as they were lightly stamped.
The scabbard is also of the S84/98 II type. The serial number “6206” does not match the bayonet, but this is historically normal and not unusual. The other side has an engraving that most resembles “2CVE”. We do not know the meaning of this. The leather frog has clearly been used.
This is a very special piece of Second World War history, used during the final years of the war!