Bayonet Type
 Firm 1871 (various types) 1871/84 1898 KS98 1898/02 1898/05 1884/98 II 1914 (types I & II)
                 
Amberg (Bavarian Royal Arsenal) ●     ●   ●    
Anker-Werke AG, Bielefeld           ●    
Bayard (Anciens Établissements Peiper SA, Herstal-lèz-Liège, Belgium Trademark)             ● ●
Beka-Records (Karl Lindström AG subsidiary), Berlin               ●
J. H. Becker AG, Solingen           ● ?  
J. E. Bleckmann GmbH, Solingen ●              
Böntgen & Sabin AG, Solingen             ●  
Ernst Busch, Solingen           ●    
Cito / Cito-Cöln (Ernst Pack & Söhne Trademarks)           ●    
Clemen & Jung, Solingen ●              
Alexander Coppel & Co. KG, Solingen ● ● ●     ●    
Josua Corts Sohn, Remscheid           ●    
Coulaux & Cie., Klingenthal ●              
Danzig (Prussian Royal Arsenal)   ●            
Deutsche Maschinenfabrik AG (DEMAG), Duisburg           ● ●  
L. O. Dietrich & Co., Altenburg           ● ●  
Durkopp Werke AG, Bielefeld           ●    
Carl Eickhorn, Solingen           ●    
Eisengiesserei und Schlossfabrik AG, Velbert             ●  
Erfurt (Prussian Royal Arsenal) ● ● ● ● ● ● ●  
Fernando Esser & Co., GmbH, Elberfeld           ●    
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt           ●    
Frister & Rossmann AG, Berlin           ●    
Carl Galle, Solingen           ●    
Lucian Gottscho (also, Gottscho-Rothgiesser), Berlin               ●
C.G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik AG, Suhl   ● ● ● ● ●    
Gottlieb Hammesfahr & Co. AG, Solingen           ● ●  
Gebrüder Hartkopf, Solingen           ● ●  
Gebrüder Heller, GmbH, Marienthal             ●  
J. A. Henckels AG, Solingen           ● ●  
Friedrich Herder Abr. (Abraham) Sohn, Solingen           ● ●  
Richard Abr. (Abraham) Herder AG, Solingen           ● ●  
Emil Hermes, Solingen           ●    
Friederich August Hermes, Solingen ●              
Hilger & Söhne, Remscheid           ●    
F. W. Höller, Solingen ●         ●    
E. & F. Hörster, Solingen ● ● ● ●   ● ●  
Valentin Jung & Söhne, Suhl ●              
Carl Kaiser & Co., Solingen ●              
Heinrich Kaufmann & Söhn KG, Solingen           ●    
W. R. Kirschbaum, Solingen ●              
F. Koeller & Co., Solingen-Ohligs           ● ●  
August Küpper GmbH, Solingen             ●  
P. D. Luneschloss, Solingen ● ● ●     ●    
Waffenfabrik Mauser AG, Oberndorf Am. Neckar           ●    
Johann Mehlich AG, Berlin             ●  
H. Mundlos & Co. AG, Magdeburg           ● ●  
E. & H. Neuhaus, Solingen ●              
Odeon-Werke (Karl Lindström AG subsidiary), Berlin               ●
Pack, Ohlinger & Co. GmbH, Solingen           ●    
Firma Parlaphon (Karl Lindström AG subsidiary), Berlin               ●
Rheinsche Metalwarren- und Maschinefabrik, Sömmerda   ● ●     ●    
Samsonwerke GmbH, Suhl               ●
V. C. Schilling & Co., Suhl ● ● ● ● ● ●    
Ferdinand Schleuterman, Remscheider Metallsägenfabrik KG, Remscheid-Hasten           ●    
August & Albert Schnitzler, Solingen ●              
Schubert und Salzer, Chemnitzer Maschinenfabrik AG, Chemnitz           ●    
Schulte & Co., Gevelsburg           ●    
Ewald Siepmann & Co., Solingen             ●  
Gebrüder Simpson/Simson & Co., Suhl ● ● ●     ●    
Richard Stock & Co., Berlin           ●    
Walter & Co., Move-Werke, Muhlhausen in Thuringen           ● ●  
A. Werth, Solingen ●              
Gebrüder Weyersberg, Solingen ●              
Weyersberg & Co., Solingen           ●    
Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. AG, Solingen ● ● ●     ●    
Weyersberg & Stamm, Solingen ●              
Ernst Wilhelm & Co., Suhl ●              
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© Ralph E. Cobb 2011 All Rights Reserved                
The following table, revised January 17, 2023, lists the documented makers of the most common Imperial German bayonet types, identifying the types each maker is known to have produced.  This list is not exhaustive, but is intended as a quick reference that covers the types most commonly encountered by today’s collectors. Bayonets were sometimes marked by blade makers, manufacturers (the firm assembling the blade and other components), and/or the retailer selling the completed product. So, the marks aren't always “maker's” marks, although this is an accepted term when referring to them. As a result, some bayonets will also bear more than one firm's markings.

Imperial German Military Bayonet Maker Markings 1871–1918

Imperial German Royal Cyphers

German Bayonet Makers 1871–1918
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