Posted: 12/29/2025 10:47:00 AM EDT
I have a box of old WW2 medals, pins, patches and a bayonet that I'm not 100% sure on a few of them, hoping someone here knows more and could help. I think the bayonet is a K98, but the wood in the grip looks different and aside from the numbers on the blade I can't find any other markings. Does anyone know if there's a place to sell these or is eBay my best bet?  
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Unsure about the bayonet. In the 2nd picture, you have an enlisted man's field artillery collar insignia. The eagle pin at first glance made me think of the "ruptured duck" honorable service pin that GIs got when they were released from service following WWII. But that pin doesnt have 3 stars and its a slightly different design. I assume its military related, kinda wondering if its a custom pin for a family that had 3 sons discharged honorably at the end of the war. No idea what the long pin is. |
| Thanks for the info. The eagle/3 star pin only says "Sterling" on the back, can't really figure out what it is. The flower pin all I can find is that the flower itself was used in a lot of German pins/badges but nothing matches it, I wonder if it was put together by someone and it's not any sort of official medal. |
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Originally Posted By redleg13a: Bayonet may be Turk. Collar disc's already identified. No idea on the other two pins but on the longer one, the flower looks like edelweiss which would probably be German. Edelweiss (worn by Alpine troops) and the oak leaves (a common German motif, especially for 3rd Reich) definitely look German, but what is depicted in the disc on top? |
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Originally Posted By PigBat: Edelweiss (worn by Alpine troops) and the oak leaves (a common German motif, especially for 3rd Reich) definitely look German, but what is depicted in the disc on top? Originally Posted By PigBat: Originally Posted By redleg13a: Bayonet may be Turk. Collar disc's already identified. No idea on the other two pins but on the longer one, the flower looks like edelweiss which would probably be German. Edelweiss (worn by Alpine troops) and the oak leaves (a common German motif, especially for 3rd Reich) definitely look German, but what is depicted in the disc on top? The crossed cannons designating field artillery? |
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