WWI Czech Mauser Bayonet w/ Scabbard and Frog

WWI Czech Military Issue Mauser CSZ N bayonet with scabbard and leather frog.

Knife bayonet for use on the 8 mm. Mauser vz. 24 rifle. This bayonet was also used with the vz. 23 rifle.

These were used by the Czechoslovakian Army and also exported extensively both prior to and following the Second World War. Modified VZ–24 bayonets were used extensively by Germany during the Second World War.

VZ–24 bayonets were made by Československá zbrojovka a.s., Brno. This example is typical of pre-War production.

The VZ–24 rifle and bayonet resulted from input by Czechoslovakian cavalry forces, who found that the VZ–23 rifle and bayonet were not well suited for cavalry use. They requested rifle modifications and that the 400 mm. blade of the VZ–23 bayonet be shortened by 100 mm., resulting in the VZ–24 bayonet with its 300 mm. blade becoming the standard bayonet for Czechoslovakian forces.

Czechoslovakian Army bayonets had the inverted blade profile, while export bayonets can be found with both inverted and conventional blade profiles.