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Order #BOA  eBook on CD-ROM entitled "Bayonets of Afghanistan" ©2006 Created and published by yours truly, Dennis D. Ottobre. PICTURE The first book published on the subject of Afghan bayonets.  Includes hundreds of detailed color photos with the option to view larger more detailed images of many pieces depicted.  Covers a total of 79 bayonet variants from Afghanistan including a section devoted to spotting fake and fantasy pieces being sold as genuine items on the current collector's market.  Dozens of the variants listed have never previously been published.  Includes a numerical reference system for quick referencing and is formatted to be more printer friendly for those who would like to make a hard copy for their own use.  As with my previous eBook "Observations On Turkish Bayonets" I have left room for expansion and if I receive the same type of participation and feedback from readers sharing more variant items from their own collections for future updates I will keep a list of updates posted here so you can see if you might want to upgrade to a newer version in the future.

Self starting eBook on CD-ROM in HTML format works off your own web browser and is navigated just like a web page.  You don't have to be a computer genius, if you were able to find your way here on my web page you are all ready to surf this CD-ROM.

Just $12 DELIVERED in the USA AND Canada and $16(USD) DELIVERED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD! (Notice to MAC users- You may have to start the CD manually and instructions are included on the inside of the cover.  There have been a few cases where some MACs could not use the links in the CD and no one can seem to tell me why it works on some but not others.  Because of this I am not able to guarantee that it will work properly on MACs)

SPECIAL- Buy any bayonet (Does not have to be Afghan) and add a copy of Bayonets of Afghanistan for just $10 more.  This special deal price applies to INTERNATIONAL ORDERS TOO;-)

The following bayonets listed in green text with 3 digit item numbers are being sold for a friend recently returned from serving in Afghanistan.  GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

All of these were purchased in Afghanistan and are deemed to have been issued there.  They are guaranteed original except where specifically noted.  These are his "spares" from what he sent back for his own collection most of which is depicted in "Bayonets Of Afghanistan".

Please also visit my  ANTIQUE GUNS, STOCKS,  PARTS + ACCESSORIES, AMMO + ORDNANCE section for some antique rifles from Afghanistan.

016  WWI Imperial German SOCKET BLADED ersatz bayonet with triform British P1853 blade and small beaked straight gripped smooth pressed steel hilt. Lots of pitting on this one.  PIC1***PIC2  $250

083 Canadian made but former BRITISH ISSUED ROSS bayonet with scabbard procured in Afghanistan. Blade contour modified to fit a Romanian M1893 scabbard.   Bears no Canadian property marks but rather has British broad arrow and inspector's stamp on the crossguard. Britain did buy some Ross rifles for issue with Royal Navy units operating in and around Mesopotamia (Iraq) during their fight with Turkey there from 1915-1918. The Turks probably captured these and at some point reshaped the blades to fit the available Romanian scabbards (Turkey is well documented using modified Romanian M93 bayonets and their scabbards).   Turkey at some point foisted off large amounts of military equipment on Afghanistan and seems to have made it a point fo sending any really oddball rifles and bayonets that were not as easily adaptable to their own needs as others that Turkey is famous for modifying.  However these ended up in this configuration I have seen 10 identically so modified come from Afghanistan and guarantee that the modification is a legitimate variant and not Bubba's work.   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3   $200

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA

AUSTRALIA (also see Great Britain)

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE and POST-HAPSBURG AUSTRIA (see also ARMENIA, BULGARIA, CHILE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, GERMANY (IMPERIAL), GREECE, HUNGARY, ROMANIA, SIAM and SUDAN for other Austrian bayonets)

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$70

BAVARIA  see GERMANY, IMPERIAL

BELGIUM

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$200

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

BRITAIN  SEE "GREAT BRITAIN and UNIDENTIFIED COMMONWEALTH pieces"

BULGARIA

CHILE

CHINA  (see also TAIWAN)

COLOMBIA

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
(see also Colombia, Germany (NAZI), Israel, Peru, Romania and Slovakia for contract and capture VZ24 variants)

DENMARK

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

EGYPT

ENGLAND  SEE "GREAT BRITAIN and UNIDENTIFIED COMMONWEALTH pieces"

FINLAND

FRANCE