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You have to understand, we are talking Americans from the 1940s, They had pride in thier work and there was a very high quality control.The overall stamping is to small for A F H.Each company that made the bayonets had a certain flaming bomb. The one on your bayonet is all wrong,take a good look at the flames that is not worn it is the way it was stamped.So you have a fake or a very rare stamped bayonet. I am glad you are not taking this the wrong way, I just know a few people that are sitting on what they thought where rare JAP. NCO swords and found they where just Chinese copies.
Nope, he's got several originals
the 10 inch bayonet was not made until 1943
Now before I get jumped on, 40 caliber real or fake it is a nice looking bayonet with a very interesting story and you did not pay much for it. This is not an attack on you, I just wanted to know if the bayonet was real or not.This info could help other collectors know what to look for.I showed the pictures to a few experts and right off they told me that the markings where not real A F H. The next thing they told me, which I found interesting was that the 10 inch bayonet was not made until 1943, before then the longer bayonets where cut down, so the blood grove would be to the end of the blade.