Kadet Posted May 16, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 16, 2021 ...I know VP stands for Victory Plastics, but does the 48 represent 1948 as a manufacture date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 16, 2021 Share #2 Posted May 16, 2021 Maybe just a mold marking and cant locate the info at the moment. Gary addresses the scabbards, markings for M3,M7 and M8 scabbards in is Bayonet Points in posts 6,7, and 18 if I understand it correctly all VP M8 or M8A1 were WW2 VP made which was a Division of Beckwith Manufacturing if the BM Co marking is on the steel throat. IF V.P. CO marked on throat they are from the 1953 contract http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/bayo_points_18.htm?fbclid=IwAR1s74FNCCVy2R5MP4Y6CdVA903KzntR86iyEz2xA_IcvRSuybGSGGONt90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted May 16, 2021 Share #3 Posted May 16, 2021 No association with a date. The consensus these days among collectors is that they are most likely "mold numbers". The size of the number and the relative order on when they appear seem very random when people have tried to track them. Some numbers seem to show up early during WW2 production, vanish, and then reappear again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 16, 2021 Share #4 Posted May 16, 2021 Found this info in Bayonet Points 6 The M3 scabbard and some of the M7s and M8s have no visible markings on the body. However, most M7 scabbards, the later M8 scabbards, the M8A1 scabbards, and the M1917 scabbards had the Victory Plastics logo molded into the body, along with a number. Mr. Wade stated that he believed the number to be a mold number for quality control, and that the scabbard throat covered the early numbers before it was moved lower on the body so it could be seen on the assembled scabbards. As the molds could be used for some time, the numbers are not an indicator of the sequence in which the body was made as the B/N numbers are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadet Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted May 16, 2021 Thanks! Here is the whole set. A few years ago I purchased a WWII 506th PIR group from the family. They found the bayonet and reached out to me. What sort of value do these have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBomb Posted May 16, 2021 Share #6 Posted May 16, 2021 I have a like new marked "47" and another "42". These bayos go from $50 to $200 depending the day and venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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