Bayonets

Edged Weapons

K98k Bayonet
Puma-Solingen
Brought back from Europe by Army SGT Alfred Thomas Trongo a Medic with the 68th Medical Regiment member of the Normandy Invasion Plus 3 to 5 days

The story behind the Bayonet
ARMY SGT. ALFRED THOMAS TRONGO collected
in FRANCE or GERMANY between 1944-45...
Veteran of the 68th Medical Regiment
(Edited from correspondences with his son-in law)

My father in law never shared much about the items with me..
And to be honest I never asked..
Knowing I liked history he gave all his souvenirs to me in 1973 when I
married his daughter..
He was a medic..
He landed at Normandy like D day plus 3-5....
..he went into Germany..saw the death camps..
I say Berlin but really don't know at what point in germany his unit stopped..
He was not a military man so to speak..not a collector..all the things of his
were all collected during the war...not after..
How he got them is a good question..as a medic I always assumed he got these
from wounded soldiers who died..maybe that's why he never talked about them much..
I talked to my wife and her dad told her years ago how he got the items..
As a medic he helped the injured & dying of both sides..
One of the first things they did was to take off gear & clothing to get at the wounds..
After they were done there would be piles of things left behind as the german
troops bodies were exchanged for US bodies..
Since all the items would be left behind he took what he thought was interesting..

My wife said he had a box at one time of Concentration camp photos that we
think he threw away because of their obsceness..
He was that type of person..very gentle..he became a Detroit firefighter after
the war and loved helping people..
I remember in the 70s when he went hunting with his old army buddy he didn't
shoot the deer..just liked to watch them,,..
he was a great guy..

ALFRED THOMAS TRONGO passed away on 26 December 1999
The world will miss him...

VZ-24

CZECHOSLOVAK Mauser Bayonet

Czech BRNO Company

1938 CSZ

Japanese WW II

T30 hooked quillion bayonet

Jinsen Arsenal (Korea)

Enfield

No.9 Mk-1

Pakistan Ordinance Factory

This is a Pakistani made version of the UK No9 bayonet, produced
in 1961.

The No 9 combined the blade of the No 5 with the socket of the
No4 and was used predominantly by the Navy in the UK, the blade style was used on the No's 5,6,7,8,9 the L1A1,A2,A3,A4 and the Pakistani G3.

Swedish Model 1896

Note the rather unusual locking system

Below are Training Clips used to secure the scabbard to the bayonet during training.

Yugoslavian Mauser M-24/M48

Hitler Youth Knife
Manufactured By Jacobs & Co. Solingen

Folding Knife
Originally SS but discontinued
But Scandinavia picked the design up and reproduced it during the war.
This is Possibly Original SS Model.
Or is it a FAKE?

East German Officers Honor Dagger with Hangers

Heer (Army)

NVA honor gift for 25 Years Faithful Service for Officers in the Stasi (Ministry for State Security)

Honor gift of the Minister for National Defense of the GDR for 25 years of service in the National People's Army (NVA) of the GDR.
Golden miniature of a Honor Dagger and a branch of laurel with 5 synthetic white stones. Length of the dagger approx.: 18cm, size of ribbon on case 22cm x 16 cm with inscription:
"25 Years Faithful Service"
Army (NVA) of the GDR with inscription:
"For the Protection of Worker and Farmer Power "

This is the Only known example in the United States.
If you find another anywhere PLEASE have the owner contact me at ixtlan@xmission.com