Czechoslovakian Model VZ23 Mauser "Long" Bayonet (aka Czechoslovakian Model VZ24 "Long" Bayonet) |
This is a knife bayonet used from the period of about 1923 into and through WWII; it
was designed to fit the Czech version of the K98 German Mauser. According to Janzen,
"These bayonets were utilized by Lithuania, Iran, and South America" as well as Czechoslovakia. |
View of typical Czech Mauser Bayonet, out of scabbard; blade length ~11-5/8"; OAL ~16-7/8". View of typical Czech bayonet markings, "CSZ" stamped on blade ricasso and scabbard frog stud. "CSZ" is for "Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka" or "Czechoslovakian Arms Factory." |
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