Making deliveries to Mexico difficult for Steyr early in 1914 was the blockade and occupation of the Port of Vera Cruz by U.S. How many 'Mexican contract' M1912 rifles were given to Yugoslavia is unclear. The significance of these markings is not known. This example is also marked with the Cyrillic letter вЂњDJвЂќ (Р‚) on the crosspiece and the letter вЂњPвЂќ (Рџ) on the scabbard mouth. 1924 Р‘) inside an ovoid rectangle on the ricasso opposite the arsenal marking.

To avoid confusion, the M1924Р‘ bayonet was distinctively marked вЂњMod. This meant that, while the M1924 bayonet would mount to a M1924Р‘ rifle, the M1924Р‘ bayonet would not mount to a M1924 Short Rifle. This M1924Р‘ bayonet variant is identical to the M1924 above, except that the hilt has a short mounting slot, as shown in this comparison image. This M1924Р‘ bayonet variant was newly made at the Vojno Tehnicki Zavod (Military Technical Institute) in Kragujevac during the midвЂ“1920s to go along with the converted Steyr M1912 rifles (the M1912 rifle conversions were reportedly completed in 1927). There were multiple Yugoslavian bayonet variants designated Model 1924Р‘. and converted them to approximate the FN M1924 Short Rifle, designating them as the Model 1924Р‘ (M1924B).

M1912 Mauser rifles received from Austria as First World War reparations. Scabbard (body): 'BT3' inside a triangle. The German designation for the modified M1924 was SВ 109(j). The Germans later deleted the muzzle ring and blued the metal of M1924 bayonets during their Second World War occupation of Yugoslavia. This example came to me directly from Serbia.В It is pictured in Branko BogdanovicвЂ™s authoritative work, Bayonets and Fighting Knives: Serbia, Montenegro and Yugoslavia. The example pictured at left is a M1924/30, so was originally produced 1931вЂ“41. There are two variants, M1924 and M1924/30, that differ in how the tang and pommel are joined as shown in this comparison image. This example has been through overhaul, as evidenced by the deep blued finish. When originally made, the metal would have been in the white. This example was made at the Vojno Tehnicki Zavod (Military Technical Institute) in Kragujevac. Yugoslavian M1924 Mauser Short Rifle, closely patterned after the FNВ M1924 short rifle. The ball finial is missing and the end simply welded closed. The scabbard with this example is similar to that used with the Austrian M1888 bayonet. by Plumb are the crosspiece secured with flush rivets, the grip scales secured by spanner nuts, and the 'AT3' ricasso mark. The Kragujevac plant was known by this name between 1918вЂ“1923, so this bayonet would most likely have been made during that period.Дifferences from the M1899 bayonet produced in the U.S. This bayonet is a Serbian M1899 bayonet made at the Artiljerijsko TehniДЌki Zavod (Artillery Technical Institute) in Kragujevac. Mauser rifles and Turkish 'export pattern' M1890, M1893, and M1903 Mauser rifles captured during the First Balkan War of 1912 and reworked by Yugoslavia.

Yugo mauser bayonet