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Vtg D.G.F.M. (F.M.A.P.) Sable Bayoneta Mauser Mod. 1909 Made Between 1947-59
$ 105.59
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Description
Overall Length:20 1/2"
Blade Length:
15 5/8"
Weight:
18.3 oz.
Condition Note:
Shows some sign of wear and tear. Some scratches and staining on the blade and the butt of the handle (see pics). The wood handle shows some scratches as well (see pics). Comes with a steel scabbard and it shows some scratches and stains (see pics). Below is some history on the bayonet. The serial number on the blade is a match to the serial number on the scabbard (see pics).
Sword bayonet for use with the 7.65 mm. M1909/47 Mauser Carbines. This bayonet will also mount to the earlier M1891 and M1909 infantry rifles.
The M1909/47 is an indigenous copy of the M1909 bayonet. 19,072 M1909/47 bayonets were made 1947–59, along with a similar number of M1909 carbines. The M1909 carbine with which this bayonet was issued was made in 1953.
The M1909/47 carbines and bayonets were produced under the auspices of the
Direccion General de Fabricaciones Militares
(Directorate General of Military Production), at the
Fabrica Militar de Armas Portailes
(Army Portable Weapons Factory) in Santa Fe. This factory was also known as
the “Domingo Matheu” factory, named after a founding member of Argentina’s first independent national government, the Primera Junta (First Assembly). The vast majority of Domingo Matheu production was for the Army, however, small quantities of carbines and bayonets were also made for civil police and security organizations.
This bayonet was one of only 905 bayonets made for the Gendarmerie Nacional. Two gendarmerie variants exist, with the first 500 bayonets bearing the Argentine Crest on the ricasso and the remaining 405 lacking the crest. This example is the 1st type, bearing serial number 009708. The Argentine-made scabbard has a somewhat more flattened and slightly rectangular, cross-section, compared with the oval cross-section of the German M1909 scabbards. The scabbard contains the matching serial number as on the blade (009708).