Yeah, more similar to the German "butcher" bayonet blade, especially as seen on the 1909 sword and its varients (for instance some German naval cutlasses); the 1909 blade is 15 inches, which is a pretty good match for 43 cm, and this could be one of those type blades, but for the lack of a sharply defined ricassoe (it does look to have a short unsharp bit). Industrial European military blades were/are often produced in quantities and fitted with a variety of hilts, as well as sold naked, and also were often produced in a number of similar versions by different firms, different nations, at different times, and even often display considerable variety within what seems to be a single military conrtract from a single firm (blade length variences of 1/4" to 1/2" are not terribly unusual, in my experience, and I've seen bigger differences, such as WK&C 1909 sword with or without a "granton" type crossways groove at the blade base to grab the sheath-detente spring...).
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