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In his British patent filings up to 1940, Benno Sippel refers to himself as being of 'German Nationality' but his later filings read, 'Stateless, formerly of German Nationality.'Post-War, Grundy Ltd. Today, their old Sipelia Works factory is a homeless shelter. Sippel was a peacetime manufacturer of stamped cutlery that continued into the 1970s. Sippel, a German firm owned by two Jewish brothers, relocated from Germany to Sheffield in 1931. Many reproductions and fakes have been produced, owing to the near unobtainability of period examples. Nearly all of the bayonets were believed scrapped, making period examples like this one quite rare today.
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Sten Mk Ii Serial Numbers Listħ5,280 bayonets were believed produced during 1943–1944, 55,800 by Grundy Ltd. The large forward projection on the stamped spring steel catch serves as a fingerguard, so the bayonet can also be used as a hand weapon. The socket also bears a partial Broad Arrow acceptance mark. The socket bears Grundy's dispersal code, 'S41'. This example was assembled by the firm Grundy Ltd. Spikes marked with the lowercase 'L' are believed to be made by Laspee Engineering Co. I represented the ultimate in Second World War bayonet simplicity. Although the STEN rod was of a larger diameter, this enabled the STEN Mk. I bayonet was fabricated out of sheet steel and utilized a rod-style blade copied from the No.
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The model is marked 'STEN MK 2' instead 'STEN MK II' and the serial number is C.B.16X. She has the name and the serial number placed in the magazine wall, but in a way different from all Ive seen so far. Im new here and I have some doubts about a Sten I own for some time.
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The paint is rough but there is no major dents in the metal.