US WW II Garand bayonets

[hurtgen44]

I made this discovery a while ago, I was searching the area where on December 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge began.
The 99th US Infantry Division, about 10.000 young and inexperienced soldiers, nicknamed „the battle-babies fought a hard battle against German troops in this area
At first I did not found much because the area is very well known and many people have searched in this woods.
After a while I got a good signal and just below the ground i found a U.S. bayonet in sheath . not much later I saw that there was another one next to it ... even complete.
This was definitely a good day for me
I was a few days in this region so I would have to wait before I got them out off the sheaths.
After i have cleaned them the bayonets are still in fine condition, especially after all the years that they have layed under the ground.
They are now on display among the other finds from WWII

[KyFreeBird]

Great finds !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trond]

Interesting finds.

[hurtgen44]

Here you'll see the bayonets afther cleaning...beautifull after so many years.
this are two differend models, one is a WWII model ,the other is original a longer model from before the war.
The stamps with manufacturer and date are still good visible

[faylum]

nice find

[Prairie Prowler]

Nice bayonets you've found... A F H =American Fork & Hoe Co. and U C is Utica Cutlery ..Cheers

[birdman]

Very cool,I have one of those that I bought several years ago but I would rather find one like you did.

[hurtgen44]

Nice bayonets you've found... A F H =American Fork & Hoe Co. and U C is Utica Cutlery ..Cheers

thanks it is good quality material..

[Hoze513]

WoW very beautiful finds you got there. And they look to be in very great shape.