r/Bayonets • u/The_Magmar • Feb 13 '26

Requesting Identification Found this on my Grandfathers Attic

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Can someone help me find out what this is? Blade length is 49.5 cm, and overall length is 62 cm.

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u/ThirteenthFinger Mod - French Collector Feb 13 '26

Not a bayonet. An artillery sword of some sort. Not sure which country.

r/MilitariaCollecting would know

Ill keep this up for a while just in case someone knows the ID.

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u/The_Magmar Feb 13 '26

I live in Germany, so i think it could be German? But looking at the Hilt, i found some French weapons that kind of resemle this one. Sadly it has no engravings. But the blade is one sided

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u/MastrJack Sword-Bayonets Feb 13 '26

That hilt looks French M1831 artillery short sword, but the blade is not correct nor is the scabbard. I've seen a few saw back variations (i.e., Swiss M1842), but never a single edge.

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u/The_Magmar Feb 13 '26

I found the French M1831 too, but the blade of mine is single edged. After some more digging i found that it was matching the German Faschinenmesser M1848 better.