French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet, No Scabbard, German Regimental Marks

French Model 1866 Chassepot yatagan sword bayonet, manufacture information removed. This example is German regimental-marked, "26.L.E.1.212" and has a modified muzzle tightening screw. These modified bayonets were either captured or war reparation bayonets utilized in the post-Franco-Prussian War era. Many of these were modified by the Germans for "home guards" and dispatched to other units, generally not front-line troops.
Brass-hilted with a spring steel latching arrangement on the right side. The crossguard is iron (steel) and has a screw-type tightening arrangement on the muzzle-ring. The lower quillon is a hooked "blade-breaker" type. The blade is steel, single-edged, fullered (both sides), with a re-curved or "yataghan-shape", and is ~22-1/4" in length. Blades is usually marked in script on the back-edge (opposite the cutting edge) with the arsenal, month, and year of manufacture; this is done in engraved cursive fashion; however, it has been removed or obscured on this example.
Overall condition is about good with minor pitting and dark oxide patina overall; tip is blunted; no heavy pitting. No scabbard with this bayonet.