Polish wz28 bayonet with rare wz22 frog

[tokarev38]

Polish wz28 Perkun bayonet with rather scarce wz22 frog. Those were replaced with more common wz24 frogs that featured characteristic buckle.

 

[pwcosol]

I note the marking and date on your frog. In addition, it only has four rivets. The pattern appears to be the same with the six-rivet variant. If so, my guess would be the Poles later decided to reinforce the spots where the belt loop becomes the spine of the frog to help prevent the stitching from coming loose. Had thought the lower rivets at the pouch bottom were the added ones because I had not seen a early example like yours...

 

[tokarev38]

6 rivets are in wz24 frog that has a little strap and buckle. 2 rivets hold that strap. That was so called universal frog with “T” shaped hole that could fit Mauser and Berthier bayonets. Later model 28 frog had 4 rivets as well. Later frogs had straight edges. This one has cutouts similar to ones in German frogs.

 

[pwcosol]

I retrieved the examples I have and see though similar, the Wz22 frog has more of a traditional "waist" to the body. I did some checking in Carter's BBF book, but he only shows the Wz1919 frog, Wz24 and the late cotton patterns. I had seen mention of a Wz28 frog and those I pictured are the Wz29 frog (at least that is what the reproduction is referred to). There are no markings on any of the Wz29 frogs:

BTW, a couple older links to posts on Polish bayonets as well:

Polish mauser bayonets

Hello guys! Visited a huge fleamarked to day. Very little militaria to find, but I ended up with these two polish mauserbayonets. If I have identified them correctly I think this is a WZ.24 and a WZ.29 bayonet. They are both made of Perkun, and have probaly been blued and rebuild by the germans...

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Polish Mauser Bayonet Collection

I figured I would share my Polish bayonet collection here, as some folks elsewhere have pointed out that I have one or two rarities that may be of interest for reference purposes. I left out my foreign bayonets that were either captured/issued by the Poles (Polish issue Lebel bayonet, designated...

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[AndyB]

Yes the last one is a Wz.29, which should be normally paired with Wz.28 and Wz.29 bayonets.