I started life as a bayonet collector aged 12! A fascinating subject and one that, unlike swords, is still within the reach of the average beginner collector. This field is extremely well-covered by good reference books, mostly in English (such as The German bayonet by John Walter and British & Commonwealth bayonets by Ian D Skennerton & Robert Richardson), and tends not to be readily plagued with reproduction items. As a subject, it's an excellent introduction to the restoration and care of edged weapons.

This is the standard walking out bayonet of the Third Reich. There was a shorter version as well. The Eickhorn squirrel and sword mark are on the base of the blade. These were private purchase items, which the soldiers could wear when they were walking out from the barracks with their girls, etc.

This is the classic Turkish bayonet of WWI. According to Walter & Hughes in A primer of world bayonets, there were only two makers of these bayonets on the Turkish export contracts: Alex Koppel and WKC (Weyersberg). However, the mark doesn't correspond exactly to either of the marks, so was there a third maker?

This was the standard bayonet for the 6.5mm bolt action magazine rifle of the Norwegian army from the end of the 19th century to WW2. The unique locking system was later copied on US bayonets for the Springfield and Garrand rifles. There are matching numbers on hilt and scabbard. The crowned K at the forte is for the Kongsberg arsenal.

This bayonet started life as a sawback Pioneer bayonet, which then had the saw teeth carefully ground off when, in 1917/18, the German authorities began to react to Allied discomfort at the use of sawback bayonets against European troops.

This is the bayonet for the New Land pattern Brown Bess musket, which was introduced into the British and Indian armies in the 1790s and continued in use through Waterloo and beyond. The spring clip is indicative of East India Company (EIC) service. Sadly, all marks have now disappeared through heavy cleaning.

This bayonet was originally designed for the RN Enfield service rifle of 1859. 50,000 of these were subsequently modified in 1871 (out of a total of 80,000 original production) for the new Martini-Henry. These bayonets (with the rifles) saw substantial service in the Sudan campaigns of the early 1880s, eg the relief column for Gordon of Khartoum.

This is the standard dress bayonet of WWI and later for the KuK/Honved armies of Austro-Hungary. Worn initially by NCOs (and, in WWI, by officers in preference to a sword) in the last two decades of the old Franz Joseph Empire, it continued in use under the republic. I have a photo of my dad wearing one as a Heimwehr officer under Dolfuss.

This is the short model sidearm for the Feuerwehr, introduced about 1936, for wear by senior NCOs and was worn as a 'walking out' weapon, with a Feuerwehr portepee tied to the belt frog. The belt buckle would have been the standard Gott Mit Uns variety surrounding a marching swastika.

This is the 1940 model bayonet for the first successful self-loading Soviet rifle, which fired the standard 7.62 Mosyn-Nagant rimmed rifle cartridge. The issue was, in the main, resticted to NCOs and snipers, as the weapon required more care and maintenance than the soldier's bolt-action rifle/carbine.

These bayonets were probably either captured Mexican pieces from the border wars in the early 20th century or were custom built by Remington for the US Navy Lee rifle. This is a modified form of the Mexican issue, inasmuch as it has a US-style steel belt hook where the Mexican originals had a leather one.