Original Japanese WWII Early Type 30 Hooked Quillon Bayonet with Leather Frog - Named USGI Bring Back MP 40 By the 1880s the problem

By the 1880s the problem had been pretty much solved with the use of driving bands

The case with carry handle and keyed lock bears a permanent 4-inch by 1 inch plaque reading:

This decoration was instituted on 20 December 1939 by the Commander-in-Chief of the German Army

It is in very good condition with expected minor wear from age and storage

It appears these saw service from the 1890

Original Japanese WWII Early Type 30 Hooked Quillon Bayonet with Leather Frog - Named USGI Bring Back MP 40 By the 1880s the problemOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an very nice example complete with early hooked quillion guard, steel scabbard and genuine leather frog. The Type 30 bayonet (?????? sanjunen shiki juken?) was a bayonet designed for the Imperial Japanese Army to be used with the Arisaka Type 30 Rifle and was later used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles. Some 8. 4 million were produced, and it remained in front line use from the Russo Japanese War to the end