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May 30, 2009 · The single knight's helm mark originally was registered to W.R. Kirschbaum & Cie. before the amalgamation with Weyersberg. So, the single helmet mark can date as early as 1862-1883. After the founding of WK&C the two combined marks will be found of the knight's head and the king's head after 1883.
From 1930 the "WKC" lettering starts to appear. So the Police bayonet with the newer detailed Knight is early 1930's. The last three with detailed helmet combs and "WKC" cover the Third Reich era.
After the war, on November 17, 1955, the remnants of WKC were purchased by Hans Kolping and Margard Willms. The company was re-named "WKC Stahl- und Metallwarenfabrik Hans Kolping GmbH & Co. KG." It resorted back to the king's head and knight helmet trademark.
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“In 1917,” Blazich says, “when America entered World War I, we used a variation of the British helmet of the time, called the Brodie Helmet, or Mark 1 helmet.”
WKC Solingen is one of the many manufacturers who make US model swords for officers and NCOs. That said, your model of sword looks very different from the US Military models, so it's less likely it was acquired as a uniform item.
Apr 29, 2017 · There were official orders on how to paint the MP markings, along with the letter size, on 26 November 1943 and that's pretty correct as the earliest I've seen MP marked helmets was on a 1943 reel recorded in Italy.
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The company was founded in 1883 with the merger of two major Solingen sword-making companies, Weyersberg and Kirschbaum. In 1900 the company was the largest in Solingen, employing around 1,200 workers. WKC uses traditional hand forging in their production process.
