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FN Model 1949
Knife bayonet for use on the caliber .30-06 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Model 1949 self-loading rifle.

Luxembourg received 6,303 Model 1949 production rifles 1951-52. The "AL" serial number prefix is an abbreviation for Armee Luxembourg. "S.A 30" stands for Semi-Automatic 30 caliber.

According to research published in 2019 by Wayne Johnson in the revised and expanded second edition of his book, The FN-49, the this example is the highest Luxembourg contract bayonet serial number reported.

The Model 1949 bayonet was the result of a request by Egypt, the second Model 1949 rifle export purchaser, who wanted a shorter, thinner blade than the M1924/49 Long bayonet which had been produced for Venezuela. It has the classic Belgian hollow-ground double-edged blade, patterned after the Belgian M1935 bayonet.

These bayonets were also used by Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, (Belgian) Congo, and Egypt.

Brazil used the M1924/49 Short bayonet; and, Indonesia and Venezuela used the M1924/49 Long bayonet with their Model 1949 rifles. Colombia also modified M1912 Mauser bayonets for use on the FN Model 1949.

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Pommel (left): "S.A. .30"

Pommel (right): "AL04963"

Scabbard Throat: "04963"

Frog Stud: (Crown JF) proof mark

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