The Swedish Mauser Rifle has a rather nifty bayonet called the ‘Swedish bayonet’, the ‘Swedish 1896 bayonet’, the “M96 bayonet’ or the ‘Swedish Mauser bayonet’. As far as I can tell, the bayonets were made by 3 different manufacturers and had 3 distinctive manufacturer marks. Swedish bayonet Markings 1896 - The first was by Eskilstuna Jernmanufactur AB (EJ - anchor - AB) beginning around 1899 until 1912. They made 280,000 pieces, of which the first 10,000 had 4-digit serial numbers. The early versions had what was known as a ‘flat locking’ stud and were double edged. These were produced from 1899 to 1904. Around 1905, the design was changed to a conical stud and single edge (one side being dull). At some point, the 4-digit serial number was replaced by a 3-digit bayonet number system which went up to 999. Once the sequence hit 999, they started the numbering at 001 again.