Postby Mr. B. » Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:01 pm
Hi Stefan, I believe you got lucky! It appears to be a Finnish AK47 bayonet and scabbard made by the Izhevsk Arsenal in Russia to fill the 2nd or last contract. Complete and in excellent, like new condition. Congratulations!
You need to confirm a few things not shown in the pictures to make the identification positive. The scabbard should NOT have a drain hole and the leather hilt strap should be sewn to the fabric hanger. The right side of the bayonet pommel should NOT have a CB in diamond stamp which would indicate Russian military acceptance.
Note: The early, 1st Finnish contract, scabbards would have the two separate hanger bars. The one above has the 2nd contract one piece stamped sheet metal bracket. Mike
