Jan 19, 2015 - Information on Spanish-made Mausers in the literature is contradictory. The first step is to determine if it is in the Model 1893/1916 'family'. Serial numbers usually consist of a single letter, or '2' and a single letter, followed. Model 1893 rifles were the primary battle rifle of both sides during the bloody Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and production continued until 1943, when a 98-type Mauser.
Knife bayonet for use on the 8 mm. Mauser Standard-Modell and M1944 Short Rifles. According to Calvó, this type was designated Cuchillo Bayoneta Standard Modelo Alemán sans Guarda (Knife Bayonet Standard-Modell German without Guard), pictured at left. This type was a German M1884/98 Third Pattern bayonet, the same as was used by the Wehrmacht.
![1893 1893](http://masterton.us/sitebuilder/images/Model95carbine-502x126.jpg)
This example was made without a flashguard and with metal in the white. It is completely unmarked, save for a single script 'o' on the lower blade spine. The script-o is suspected to represent Ostmark (Eastern March), coined by German propaganda to re-name Austria following Germany's Anschluss (annexation) of 1938, suggesting possible manufacture there. These unmarked but obviously German-production export bayonets, produced in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, are sometimes referred to as 'sneak' bayonets.
The scabbard originally furnished was identical to the German M1884/98 Third Pattern. However, the scabbard with this example is a replacement of Spanish manufacture.
These bayonets have often been referred to erroneously as the M1943 or M1944.