they then went to the machined receiver then back to stamped. Not quite true Mark, the first production AK47 had a stamped receiver, but the factories were having trouble welding the bolt carrier guide rails and i think the ejector. M1 Garands, and AK 47s, along with other famous guns, were issued a variant.
That is a nice example you have there though I am not well enough informed to say whether it is DDR or other nation produced. This item: Snake Eye Tactical US WWII Bayonet M1 Garand Rifle Knife. The AKM 47 was introduced accross the Warsaw Pact Armies quite quickly if not simultaneously and had a different bayonet (initially the AKM type 1) so if you start from the formation of the NVA in 1956 and the AKM 47 introduced in 1959 then the AK47 was shortlived in DDR service although formations such as the Kampfgruppe der Arbeitsklasse (KGA) would have used it the longest. Like you already wrote, the bow and arrow mark is the marking of the Izhevsk arsenal before 1928. This mid-sized folding knife is based on a custom Blackstone Valley Knifeworks design.
The AK47 can be distinguished from the later AKM 47 in that it used a receiver which was machined from solid metal wheareas the AKM 47 which was introduced in 1959 used pressings and stampings to form the receiver making it cheaper and quicker to produce as well as lighter. chinese ak 47 t-81 bayonet with scabbard east german cotton wrist band russian ak-47 red bakeilite bayonet used condition sold 'as is'. BRS e-volve Minuteman Frame Lock Knife with S35VN Wharncliffe Blade. I was just in the process of listing an M9 Bayonet on eBay and my listing was refused with instructions not to.