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Nation : French
Local Price : £275.00

MATCHING NUMBERS, 1878 Dated French Model 1874 Gras Sword Bayonet By Manufactures D’Armes De St. Étienne With Scabbard & Leather Frog. BAYO 190 -. BAYO 190 An original French Gras Sword Bayonet for the Model 1874 Gras rifle, the successor of the Chassepot. It has a straight, clean 20 ½” T back blade. The back of the blade ids dated August 1878 and is marked by the manufacturer . ‘Manufactures D’Armes De St. Étienne’. The slab wood grips are I undamaged. It has a hooked quillon which is secured with two rivets and muzzle ring. It has a brass pommel and a push button release which operates smoothly. The cross guard has small inspection marks and is numbered ‘43488’. It is complete with its original steel scabbard which has matching number ‘43488’ and original leather frog with large riveted and stitched frog and retaining strap with buckle. These frogs were used for both the M1874 Gras and Lebel M1886 bayonets. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 190

Nation : -
Local Price : £275.00

Brazilian 1908 Pattern Bayonet & Scabbard. Bayo 219 -. Bayo 219 This attractive bayonet was used by Brazil on the 1908 Mauser 7mm rifle. The bayonets were made in Germany and this one is stamped with the Trademark "Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie" Solingen" on one side of the ricasso. The pommel is polished steel and has a push button release which operates as it should. It is stamped on one side with "B". The grips are dark wood and in excellent condition, secured with two rivets. The steel cross guard has a swept forward quillon. The cross guard is stamped with the serial number "Ee296", this is repeated on the frog stud. The blade is 113/4" long and fullered on both sides. It is in very good condition. It is carried in a brass mounted black leather scabbard. This is a very nice bayonet. The price includes UK delivery. Bayo 219 (Other countries Box 2)

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

1918 German Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' Bayonet By Mauser A.G. Oberndorf Complete with Steel Scabbard & Leather Frog. Bayo 289 -. Bayo 289 A 1918 German Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' bayonet By Mauser A.G. Oberndorf. This is a very nice condition original Imperial German Pattern 1898/05 'butchers knife' bayonet and scabbard for the Gew. 98 Mauser Rifle. This is the later model with a trimmed muzzle ring and fitted with a flash guard. The ricasso is stamped "Waffenfabrik Mauser A.G. Oberndorf a.n.". The back edge of the blade is stamped with the Imperial Crown above "W 18" (1918). The blade is clean and the grips are original and un-damaged. The steel scabbard is also original and in good order with just a couple of very minor dents on the reverse as to be expected. (See image 267 in 'The Bayonet Book' by Watts and White). The price for this nicely marked bayonet and scabbard includes UK delivery. Bayo 289 (Box 1)

Nation : French
Local Price : £275.00

MATCHING NUMBERS, 1872 French Model 1866 Chassepot Yataghan Sword Bayonet By Tulle Arsenal With Brass Grip & Steel Scabbard. Bayo 294 -. BAYO 294 An original French model 1866 Chassepot sword bayonet (See pages 70 and 71 of ‘An Illustrated History Of Bayonets’ by Brayley). The steel fullered single edged ‘T’ back Yataghan blade has staining consistent with age and is 22 ¾” length. It has the correct steel hooked quillon with muzzle ring. It has a ribbed brass grip with flat spring and steel push button. The blade has small inspection marks. The cross guard is numbered ‘FG 60597’. The back of the blade is marked with the name of the French Arsenal ‘Tulle’ and dated ‘February 1872' in French. Tulle was a smaller Arsenal than St Etienne and Châtellerault and had smaller production numbers. It is complete with the correct steel scabbard. The scabbard has no dents and has its original fixed strap bar. The scabbard has even patina and is stamped with matching number near to the throat. Price includes UK delivery. BAYO 294

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £275.00

Dutch M4 Bayonet Dated 1952 by E&F Horster of Solinger for the M1 Carbine, Scabbard and Frog Sn 13877 -. 13877 An original Dutch M4 bayonet dated 1952 by E&F Horster of Solingen for the M1 Carbine, complete with scabbard and webbing frog. The bayonet has a black steel blade which measures 6 3/4" long. The blade has no markings. It is in perfect condition. It is fitted with a crossguard which has a muzzle ring. On the underside of the crossguard it has the E&F Horster makers stamp. The bayonet has brown coloured plastic grips in imitation of the leather ringed grips on the US model. The grips are secured with two screw bolts. The steel pommel incorporates a bayonet release mechanism which operates smoothly. The scabbard is a wood patterned US style scabbard which has a green webbing frog. The scabbard is in very good condition. The frog is riveted to the scabbard with two rivets. It has a belt loop and wire belt clip. This is a very nice complete and original bayonet, scabbard and frog. (See White & Watts PageS 220 & 227). The price includes Uk delivery. Sn 13877

Nation : -
Local Price : £275.00

U.S. Rare M1 Garand Bayonet With Wooden Grips By A.F.H. and Scabbard. BAYO 294 -. BAYO 294 This is a rare newly made M1 bayonet and not a cut M1905 or M1942 blade. The six groove grips are wooden instead of the usual plastic grips and are held to the bayonet by one screw bolt. This is unusual as the grips are normally of black plastic.. The fullers on the blade do not go down to the tip, stopping 2 ¾ inches from the tip. The bayonet is stamped on the ricasso with A.F.H. (Union Fork and Hoe) U.S. and has the Flaming Grenade (Frankford Arsenal). The bayonet is carried in its correct composite olive green plastic scabbard with a steel mouthpiece on which is stamped the U.S. flaming grenade and its designation M3. The bayonet is virtually identical to the one shown as in item 930 on pages 412 and 437 in The Bayonet Book by White and Watts. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 294

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

British Volunteer Bayonet With Sawback Removed. BAYO 254 -. BAYO 254 This is a scarce bayonet which started life as a Volunteer sawback bayonet based on the pattern 1875 sword bayonet but has a heavier crossguard and a larger muzzle ring diameter. The bayonet was made by the Solingen trade for use by various colonial governments. The blade is marked with the trademark of Alex Coppel and has had the sawback removed. These bayonets were not necessarily intended for the Martini Henry rifle which explains the different muzzle ring diameter of many of these volunteer patterns. The muzzle ring diameter is 20.2mm . The blade length is 18 ¼ inches with an overall length of 23 ¾ inches. See Skinnerton Item B189 and B190 pages 147 – 150. The price includes U.K. delivery. BAYO 254

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £275.00

MINT UNISSUED IN SEALED ORIGINAL STORES PACKAGE, Post WW2 Dutch M4 Bayonet For M1 Carbines, Scabbard With Integral Frog & Coiled Thigh Cord. Sn 16621 -. 16621 After WW2 the Dutch were supplied with M1 Carbines by the Americans. The Dutch chose to produce their own bayonets for the Carbines rather than be supplied with American bayonets. This is an original post WW2 Dutch M4 bayonet for M1 Carbines, complete with scabbard coiled thigh cord and integral webbing frog. The bayonet has the correct brown coloured plastic grip in imitation of the leather ringed grips on the US model. The scabbard is similarly styled on the U.S. version. The bayonet and scabbard are wrapped in their original protective wax paper and contained in their original sealed clear polythene bag of issue. To protect the integrity / condition of this piece we have not opened the sealed packaging (an example of an issued condition Dutch M4 knife bayonet is illustrated as a comparison example only and although in excellent condition itself does not represent the mint un-issued condition of our packaged example. The comparison example bayonet is available separately on our website our stock number Sn 9876) . The price for this mint, un-issued and un-opened Dutch M4 bayonet set includes UK delivery. Sn 16621

Nation : Australian
Local Price : £275.00

Australian Korean War Period (1952 Dated) Mark 1 Owen Machine Gun Bayonet, Scabbard And Frog. BAYO 518 -. BAYO 518 This is a very early Owen machine gun bayonet newly made at Lithgow on 1952. Skennerton states that production did not start at Lithgow until 1953. The blade carries a broad arrow over ’52 and an O over a broad arrow and I on the other side with X MA on the other. (MA is the Lithgow mark). The blade is 10 inches long with a 5 inch fuller and is heavily blued. The grips are made of wood and are stamped SLAZ 51. The scabbard is a shortened Mk1 and has a feint MANGROVITE stamped into the rear next to the seam. The frog is a standard ’37 webbing pattern version. This is a very nice Korean War period Owen sub machine gun bayonet in virtually mint condition. See Skennerton item A13 on pages 278 and 279. Price for includes UK delivery. BAYO 518

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

German WW1, 1915 Dated Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' Bayonet By V.C. Schilling Suhl Complete With Steel Scabbard. BAYO 542 -. BAYO 542 This is a German WW1, 1915 dated Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING SUHL. The ricasso is stamped V.C. SCHILLING SUHL and the top of the blade is stamped W15 (1915 date) and a stylised M acceptance stamp. The hilt is stamped with two acceptance marks as is one stamped to the release button. The top of the grip has the later flash guard and a trimmed muzzle ring. The grips are undamaged. The bayonet is contained in its original steel scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 542

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

British WD 1876 Pattern Martini Henry Rifle Socket Bayonet & MK II Scabbard. BAYO 599 -. BAYO 599 This is an 1876 pattern Martini Henry rifle socket bayonet (see item B187 on Pages 145 and 147 of Skennerton’s book British & Commonwealth Bayonets) . The blade is stamped with WD & broad arrow mark and ordnance inspection mark. The scabbard is the mark II with 2 rivets in the leather body to hold the internal spring. The scabbard has the correct brass throat mount with frog stud which is numbered ‘13’ and brass chape (see page 146 of Skennerton’s book). The price for this bayonet includes UK delivery. BAYO 599

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

British Volunteer Pattern 1888 Mark II, 2nd Pattern, Lee Metford Bayonet And Scabbard -. BAYO 626 This is a Volunteer pattern 1888 Mark II second pattern bayonet manufactured for the British .303 calibre Lee Metford Rifle which were issued to British and allied forces during the Boer war and in WW1. The bayonet blade is in good clean condition with original polish, 12" in length, double edged, unfullered with a medial ridge running from the ricasso to the blade tip. The bayonet and scabbard are completely devoid of any markings except for the number 26 stamped into one of the wooden grips as per photograph. The bayonet is devoid of an oil hole in the grips or the pommel. The bayonet is contained in the correct standard 1888 mark 1 steel mounted leather scabbard for this bayonet. At some point in this bayonets service, the scabbard has lost its steel bottom chape. See Skennerton item B216 page 170 and 171. The leather price includes UK delivery. BAYO 626

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

German WW1, 1916 Dated Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' Bayonet By Simson & Co., Suhl, Complete With Steel Scabbard -. BAYO 635 This is a German WW1, 1916 dated Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' bayonet by Simpson & Co. The ricasso is stamped SIMPSON & SON SUHL and the top of the blade is stamped W16 (1916 date) and a stylised M acceptance stamp. The hilt is stamped with two acceptance marks. The top of the grip has the later flash guard and a trimmed muzzle ring. The grips are undamaged. The bayonet is contained in its original steel scabbard carrying the mark of Fabrik Mauser-AG Obenddorf aN above an iron cross stamp. The frog is the standard German leather version. See White and Watts, item 267 on pages 114 and123. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 635

Nation : American
Local Price : £275

American M1917 Bayonet By Remington and Scabbard. Bayo 702 -. BAYO 702 This is a good condition M1917 bayonet made by Remington. It is nicely stamped on the ricasso with "Remington". The other side is stamped with the 'Flaming Grenade' over "US" and the eagles head inspection mark. Blade length 17”. Total length including scabbard 22 ½”. The wooden grips have two grooves cut into them and there is an oil hole in the pommel. This example has the scarcer false edge and the scabbard is the Australian mangrovite version dated ‘42’ to the rear below the top mount. This would suggest Indian use rather than homeguard. A nice early and complete pattern 1917 bayonet and early scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. Bayo 702 £275

Nation : Austro-Hungarian
Local Price : £275.00

Austro-Hungarian 19th Century Briquet Sabre by Pacholek. Curved unfullered hatchet pointed blade with false edge. One-piece cast brass hilt with ribbed grip, forward curving quillon with ball finial and simple knucklebow, domed pommel. No scabbard. Blade 25¼ inches (64.2cm) in length, the sword 30 5/8 inches (77.8cm) overall. The blade is stamped at the forte on one side with the maker’s mark ‘PACHOLEK GY _UDA_ES_’, some letters being only partially struck or double stamped. I believe this indicates the manufacturer György Pacholek of Budapest, Hungary. The same area is also stamped with ‘10S’ over ‘1174’ divided by a horizontal line, partly overstamping the maker’s mark, the numerals in an Austro-Hungarian style. Simple, sturdy and cheap to produce, the ‘briquet’ sabre was found across Europe in the mid-19 th century. Austro-Hungarian examples seem to be uncommon but may have been used for infantry or artillerymen. The blade has a quite even light patina, with a few small spots of darker patination. The edge has been sharpened, leaving visible grinding marks on the sides of the blade, and has a number of small nicks on its upper section. A few tiny dents to the brass hilt, which has a mostly even finish, with some darker patination on the quillon finial, pommel cap and on the top of the hilt next to the blade shoulder.

Nation : American
Local Price : £275.00

**American M1917 Bayonet By Remington and Scabbard. BAYO 749. -. BAYO 749 This is a good condition M1917 bayonet made by Remington. It is nicely stamped on the ricasso with ‘1917 Remington’. The other side is stamped with the 'Flaming Grenade' over "US" and the eagles head inspection mark. The wooden grips which are showing signs of use have two grooves cut into them and there is an oil hole in the pommel. It is carried in its first pattern scabbard with frog stud which carries the U.S. Later scabbards merely have the belt hooks attached to the top mount. The American scabbards also have a small drain hole drilled in the bottom of the chape, unlike British versions which did not have the hole. A nice early and complete pattern 1917 bayonet and early scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 749.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

WWWII German K98 Forresters & Luftwaffe Antler Hilted Dress Bayonet and Scabbard. 19553WII German K98 Forresters & Luftwaffe Antler Hilted Dress Bayonet and Scabbard. 19553 -. 19553 It has a 9 ¾ “ single edged plated blade with sharpened back edge point. It has a narrow fuller and forte with makers stamp ‘WKC –Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie AG, Solingen’ Weyersberg, Kirschbaum, and Cie. was founded in 1883 with the merger of two family-owned sword manufacturing and marketing companies in Solingen, Germany: Gebruder Weyersberg, founded by Wilhem, Peter and Johann Ludwig Weyersberg in 1787 and WR Kirschbaum & Cie, founded by Wilhem Reinhordt Kirschbaum. The newly founded company used traditional techniques for sword making and each of their then employees specialised in one task in the sword making process. This was in accordance to the Division of Labour act devised by the Sword makers Guild of Solingen). It has a plated turned quillon cross guard and a plated bird beak pommel *both showing signs of use related wear* above the Antler slab grips. It is contained in its blackened steel scabbard complete with black leather frogs which are both in good condition. The price includes UK delivery. 19553. (Box 2)

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

1916 German Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' Bayonet By R. Stock & Co. Berlin Marienfelde Complete with Steel Scabbard. BAYO 6276 -. BAYO 6276 A 1916 German Model 1898/05 G98 Mauser 'Butcher Knife' Bayonet By R. Stock & Co. Berlin Marienfelde complete with steel scabbard. This is a very nice condition original Imperial German Pattern 1898/05 'butchers knife' bayonet and scabbard for the Gew. 98 Mauser Rifle. This is the later model with a trimmed muzzle ring and fitted with a flash guard. The ricasso is stamped 'R. Stock & Co. Berlin Marienfelde'. The back of the blade is stamped '16' (1916) with the Imperial Crown. The blade is clean and the grips are original and un-damaged. The steel scabbard is also original and in good order with just a couple of very minor dents as to be expected. See image 267 in The Bayonet Book by Watts and White. The price for this nicely marked Bayonet and Scabbard includes UK delivery. BAYO 6276

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £275.00

*Very Rare* Unit Marked Indian Regiment False Edge ‘P 1917’ Bayonet & Leather Scabbard. 3421 -. 3421 A very rare pattern of a 1917 Bayonet with the scarce false edge at the tip of the blade. It is unit marked to the Delhi Police on the cross guard and grips. The bayonet is made by Winchester. The blade is marked with the flaming grenade above U.S. and 1917 above the Winchester motif to the other. The wooden grips are held with two pins and are in very good condition, marked D.P. both sides (Delhi Police) and one side of the cross guard. It comes with and a nice black leather scabbard with good leather and stitching with scarce ‘D’ locket. 3421.

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

Argentine Type C Socket Bayonet for the FN FAL, Falklands War Memento Engraving. Tubular steel one-piece bayonet with flash ports and spear-pointed blade with semicircular profile. Blade length 6½ inches (16.5cm), 11 3/8 inches (28.9cm) overall. Black plastic scabbard with eyelet chape, circular frog stud and steel throat piece, green leather frog with buckled retaining strap and belt loop. The bayonet is stamped on the blade at the forte with the serial number ‘01-79266’ (some digits difficult to read). The ’01‘ prefix specifies allocation to the Argentine Army. The blade is inscribed lengthwise with the commemorative inscription ‘FALKLANDS . 21 ST MAY – 14 TH JUNE . 1982’. The engraving is not professional work – it appears to have been done by hand with an electric pencil, is not perfectly central on the blade and varies slightly in letter size and spacing. It is reminiscent of numerous examples of First and Second World War bayonets captured and inscribed as mementoes. Such items are usually produced by veterans themselves to mark their dates of service, or specific campaigns therein, and this is probably the case for this bayonet. It should be noted that these are not the usually accepted dates of the conflict as a whole, but specifically of the main ground campaign by British forces on the Islands: on the 21 st May the British Amphibious Task Group conducted the first landing in force, deploying troops of 3 Commando Brigade at San Carlos on East Falkland in what was codenamed Operation Sutton. 24 days of fighting later the Argentine forces on the Falklands surrendered on the 14 th June. The conflict is usually described as beginning with the Argentine invasion on the 2 nd April in which there was brief fighting with the British garrison, followed by numerous air and naval actions as the British Task Force approached the islands as well as special forces raids on specific targets preceding the main amphibious assault. It is possible therefore that the former owner was thinking specifically of his own service experience, meaning that he was with those forces that landed. The FN FAL infantry rifle and its bayonet were adopted by Argentina in the late 1950s, initially purchased from FN in Belgium but later made domestically by Argentine manufacturers. Several types of bayonet and webbing attachments were used by the Argentinean Army and Marines during the Falklands conflict: the tubular model was the ‘Type C’, compatible with later models of the FAL (post 1962) which had a 22mm muzzle device. This was used side by side with the ‘Type A’ knife bayonet, which fitted to the early FALs. The scabbards are not interchangeable between Types, the blades being of different shapes. Belt frogs for these bayonets are made of either green leather or nylon fabric: the ‘Correaje Argentino de Cuero’ (Argentine Leather Belting) load-bearing system was introduced around 1970, but incorporated some preexisting elements including leather frogs and pistol holsters, which were then painted green to match. The nylon ‘Correaje Tempex’ (Tempex Belting) was introduced in the early 1980s to replace it which included a new frog. Both forms of load-bearing system were still in use by 1982 so both were carried in the Falklands. Either frog will fit either Type of bayonet. After Argentine forces surrendered to the British on June 14 1982 their small arms were piled up by the thousand in the Islands’ capital Port Stanley, where most Argentine forces had been deployed or driven back to. A large quantity of arms had also been captured earlier at Goose Green, which was a key ammunition dump for the Argentine forces, and still more were gathered later from unengaged Argentine garrisons on the island of West Falkland. The FAL rifles became British government property and were either brought to the UK or dumped at sea, while bayonets and the short machete-like officer’s sidearms frequently became personal trophies or souvenirs for British soldiers as they would not be illegal to own in civilian life. This example is most likely one such ‘bring-back’ converted into a memento. The bayonet is a good example of its type with little service wear and is paired with an M1909 frog, which was originally supplied with bayonets for the series of Argentine Mauser rifles but was one of the elements reused with a new coat of paint for the FAL in the Green Leather Belting scheme. They are not often seen paired with the Type C, supplies perhaps having been mostly used up on the earlier Type A. These had a distinctive modification done to them tucking the seam on one side to accommodate the flash hider prongs of the Type A. This frog is unmodified, more suitable for the Type C and pleasingly symmetrical. The bayonet and frog stud of the scabbard have a black lacquered finish, with some rubbing at raised edges revealing bright steel and a few spots of chipping on the socket. I believe from examination that this lacquer was applied after its service, probably to improve its appearance before the inscription was added – most noticeably there is a single small chip to the side edge of the blade which appears to have been lacquered over. Light scratching to the plastic scabbard body. Surface level cracking to the leather of the frog on one side (front face, below the frog stud). The leather remains flexible and all the frog’s stitching is intact.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

*Excellent Condition** WWI Dated German S98/05 u A Bayonet by ‘Carl Eickhorn-Solingen’ & Metal Scabbard. BAYO 6291. -. BAYO 6291 This is a standard S98/05 bayonet with a plain 14 ½ " fullered, polished ‘immaculate’ steel blade. It has a flash guard and no muzzle ring. It was made by Carl Eickhorn, Solingen and is stamped with their Trademark on the blade. It was made in 1917 and carries the Crown over "W" over "17" plus an inspection mark on the top edge of the blade. There is also an inspection mark on the pommel and another on the crossguard. The unmarked wooden grips are held with two pins. The scabbard is all steel and has minor dents to both sides. It is marked ‘Waffenfabrik-Mauser A G-Oberndcrf An’ ‘2860’. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 6291. (Box 2)

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £275.00

*Exceptional* Spanish M1893 Sword Bayonet & Steel Mounted Leather Scabbard. BAYO 42. -. BAYO 42 The Mauser Model 1893 is a bolt-action rifle commonly referred to as the Spanish Mauser, though the model was adopted by other countries in other calibers, most notably the Ottoman Empire. The M1893 was based on the experimental M1892 rifle, which Paul Mauser developed for the Spanish Army as part of a program to correct deficiencies in the earlier 1889, 1890, and 1891 series of Mauser rifles. A Spanish M1893 Sword bayonet and black leather scabbard for the 7mm Mauser short rifle. It has wooden chequered grips secured with two screw bolts. The pommel is steel and incorporates a push button release. The cross guard is steel stamped with the number ‘23’ and has a muzzle ring. The ricasso has traces of the correct markings of 'Artilleria FCA Nacional' on one side and a serial number "14827" on the other. It has a 15 ½ " long, polished steel single edge blade which is fullered. The black leather scabbard is steel mounted and in excellent condition with stitching and metalwork is in very good order. (See White & Watts 'The Bayonet Book' pages 245 & 252, item 564). The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 42.

Nation : -
Local Price : £275.00

*Rare* Brazilian 1908 Pattern Bayonet & Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard. BAYO 40. -. BAYO 40 A rare Brazilian 1908 Pattern bayonet and brass mounted leather scabbard. This is the bayonet for the new 7mm Rifle adopted by Brazil in 1908. It has a swept forward quillon and fullered blade. It has unmarked wooden slab grips secured with two steel rivets. The pommel is steel and has a push button release which works as it should. It has a clearing hole in the grips adjacent to the cross guard. There are no markings on the bayonet. The bayonet has a 11 ¾ " polished steel single edge blade. The stitching on the brass mounted leather scabbard is intact and has a number on the frog stud "e 745" (see 'An Illustrated History Of Bayonets' book by Martin J Brayley, Page 38) This is an uncommon and attractive bayonet. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 40.

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £275.00

*Mint* Indian Bayonet ‘No1 MkII* Scabbard & 37 Pattern Webbing Frog. BAYO 799. -. BAYO 799 This is a virtually mint India pattern No1 MII* with the fullers to the blade and a false edge tip, these bayonets are special to India (the MkII has a conventional tip). The blued blade is marked to the ricasso with ‘MkII* 8 43’ (August 1943) & JU (unknown maker). The wooden slab grips are in near perfect condition. The scabbard is a cut down ‘No1’ with steel mounts inspection marks and leather body, the stitching and steelwork are in good condition. The frog is a green ‘37’ pattern webbing example. See British & Commonwealth Bayonets by Skennerton item 154, page 349 for an identical example. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 799. (Other Countries Box No2)

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

*As Found* German ‘S84/98’ Bayonet (Sawback Removed) and Scabbard with Commemorative Inscription ‘Boche Moorseele Oct 1918’ (NOW ONE Available, PRICE PER BAYONET). BAYO 563. -. BAYO 563 The word Boche is a derisive term for Germans and ‘Moorseele’ is a town in Belgium where the ‘Moorseele Military Cemetery’ is situated (he village of Moorseele (now spelt Moorsele) was captured by the 15th Royal Irish Rifles on 14 October 1918, after remaining in German hands during almost the whole of the war. The school attached to the Convent of the Holy Family was used by German medical units from October 1914 to October 1918, and they began the cemetery behind the convent in 1915. It was also used in October 1918 by the XIX Corps Burial Officer and the 3rd Australian and 64th Casualty Clearing Stations. After the Armistice, five graves were moved into the cemetery from MOORSEELE CHURCHYARD (which was used by the Germans until October 1917) and in 1929, one from CUERNE CHURCHYARD. In 1930, more than 800 German graves were removed to Mesen. The cemetery contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. These are standard ‘S84/98 bayonets with sawback removed. There are no visible markings to either blade, however, the grips are inscribed/painted on one side ‘BOCHE MOORSEELE OCT 1918’. The pair were found in his loft by the Grandson of a Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner who served during the Great War, presumably captured by him at Moorseele in Belgium in October 1918 and inscribed as a souvenir. The blades and scabbards are in very nice condition with a nice patina. The bayonets and inscription would benefit from further investigation . The price is each and includes UK delivery. BAYO 563. ( ONLY ONE AVAILABLE DARK GRIP ) (Box 2)

Nation : French
Local Price : £275.00

*Unique* Chilean M1910 Police Sidearm Converted From French Gras 1874 Bayonet and Steel Scabbard. ED 1047. -. ED 1047 Chilean M1910 Police Sidearm Converted From French Gras 1874 Bayonet and Steel Scabbard. ED 1047. This is a nice unusual conversion. It is a Chilean Police sidearm and scabbard issued to the Chilean Police in 1910. These were made up using a section of the blade and the crossguard of a French Gras 1874 bayonet. This was then mated to a solid brass hilt bearing the Chilean Coat of Arms. The blade of the bayonet has been shortened dramatically to 11.25 inches and the bayonet measures 16 inches overall. There is no mortise slot or fixing button and therefore it was only intended as a dress item. The cross guard with muzzle ring and quillon is present. The hilt has number "C2116" stamped on its side. The bayonet is complete with its steel scabbard with brass mounts which is in nice condition. These are an uncommon item, (see Martin J. Brayley 'An Illustrated History of Bayonets' book, pages 46 & 48). The price includes UK delivery. ED 1047.

Nation : -
Local Price : £275.00

*Scarce* Austro-Hungarian ‘M1895’ Bayonet & Scabbard. BAYO 564. -. BAYO 564 A scarce WW1 Austro-Hungarian M1895 Mannlicher carbine knife bayonet, with calibrated foresight on the muzzle ring. The M1895 Knife bayonet was made for use on the 8 mm. M1895 Mannlicher rifle, which was produced in great quantities prior to and during the First World War. The M1895 bayonet was the first knife bayonet to feature an inverted blade profile, where cutting edge faces upward when fixed. The Mannlicher M1895 (German: Infanterie Repetier-Gewehr M.95, Hungarian: Gyalogsági Ismétl!7; Puska M95; "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is a straight pull bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher that used a refined version of his revolutionary straight-pull action bolt, much like the Mannlicher M1890 carbine. This examples blade measures 24 ¾ cm (36 cm overall) it has an Eagle and makers mark to the ricasso. The wooden grips are held with two pins and are in good condition with age related use marks. The scabbard is in very good condition with makers mark, inspection stamps and ‘23’ on the frog mount. An nice pairing for the collector/enthusiast. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 564. (Other Countries Box 2)

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

WWI British ‘1913’ Sword, Bayonet and Scabbard. BAYO 767 -. BAYO 767 This is a great example of the ‘P13’ bayonet, which although designated ‘P13’, fit the ‘P14’ rifle and was not introduced until ‘1916’. It is marked to the blade with ‘1913’ over ‘9’17’ (August 1917) and ‘Remington’ in a circle. The other side of the blade carries British inspection stamps. The blade is in good condition and only showing minor signs of wear. The vast majority of these bayonets were made in America by ‘Remington and Winchester’ with only a few made in England by ‘Vickers’. The near perfect wooden grips have two grooves on either side to distinguish it from the ‘P1907’. The scabbard is also an American made version with steel locket and chape, interchangeable with the ‘P’07’. The leather stitching and furniture on the scabbard are all in good condition and has been chromed presumably for parade/dress purposes. A very nice collectable ‘1913’ bayonet and scabbard in very good condition with some of its black paint missing. See ‘Skennerton’ item B239, pages 192-194. The price includes UK delivery. BAYO 767. (Box 2)

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

Argentine Model 1909 Infantry NCO’s Machete Sidearm. Single-edged blade with a swell towards the point, 14¾ inches in length (just under 20 inches overall). Steel S-shaped hilt, exposed tang and beaked pommel, wood grips secured by two rivets with washers. Blued steel scabbard with teardrop frog stud. The ricasso of the blade is stamped on one side with the Argentinian coat of arms surrounded by the text ‘Modelo Argentino 1909’, and on the other with ‘Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co. Solingen’, the manufacturer. Both the hilt and the scabbard are stamped with the serial number ‘E01821’, indicating they are a matching pair. The pommel is stamped ‘RA’ within a circle, a government mark of the Republica Argentina. There are a few marks of individual letters with a cross on various components, these may be factory inspection marks. The spine of the blade has an ‘A’, the hilt a ‘P’, and the scabbard a ‘D’. The design of the 1909 sidearm was clearly inspired by the German Model 1898/05 bayonet: its blade is almost identical in shape and thickness, being just a fraction longer and without a fuller. Its scabbard and frog are also very close facsimiles. This example is one of those made by a German manufacturer and exported; some were also produced locally in Argentina. These sidearms were still carried by Argentinian NCOs by the time of the Falkands War in 1982. After Argentine forces surrendered to the British on June 14 their small arms were piled up by the thousand in the Islands’ capital Port Stanley, where most Argentine forces had been deployed or driven back to, as well as at their smaller garrisons at Goose Green and on West Falkland. Anecdotally, I have been told it was their artillerymen who were seen surrendering M1909 sidearms. The bayonets and sidearms frequently became personal trophies or souvenirs for British soldiers as they would not be illegal to own in civilian life. This example is almost certainly one such ‘bring-back’. The blade has some spots of patination and no edge damage. The hilt, pommel and exposed tang are likewise clean. The wood grips are in very good condition with no chipping, only a few surface dents. The scabbard is free of dents and retains much of its original blued finish, with some rubbing to the sides, the chape and where it would contact the frog when worn.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

Royal Saxon Hanger M1840 Prussian Army. EL7219 - A 1st Royal Saxon Grenadier Regiment, No. 100 of the Prussian Army, M1840 faschinenmesser hanger. Blade very clean on one side and the other side with more patina, firm in the hilt. Brass hilt in good shape with clear markings. Complete with matching scabbard, though the leather is very dry and with a couple of cracks, but nevertheless it is complete and sheathes well.

Nation : British
Local Price : £275.00

British 1888 Mark II, 2nd pattern, Lee Metford Bayonet, Scabbard And Frog. BAYO 230. -. BAYO 230 This is an early Edwardian, Lee Metford, 1888 Mark II second pattern bayonet manufactured for the British .303 calibre Enfield, Lee Metford Rifle. The Bayonet blade which is in good clean condition with original polish, is 12" in length, double edged and unfullered with a medial ridge running from the ricasso to the blade tip. The ricasso of the blade is also marked 8. 02 (manufactured August 1902) together with ER and 'Flat Top' Crown ( Edward Rex ). The reverse is nicely stamped with the broad arrow over EFD (Enfield) and an inspection stamp. The pommel carries the stamping NR.86 over 350. This translates into the Territorial Force County Association National Reserve (NR) for Warwick (86) and the bayonet number (350) The grips are of wood, held together with two brass rivets and are stamped B over TW within a circle. There is an oil clearance hole in both of the grips. The bayonet is contained in a 1903 pattern scabbard with the internal steel chape bit missing the leather frog. The scabbard is stamped to the rear with UNVTC 91. This is an unusual combination of markings which are worthy of further research to this scarce bayonet to the National Reserve. Price includes UK delivery. BAYO 230.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

Bavarian M1794 Fusilier Trooper’s Sword. Single-edged hanger blade with narrow fuller running close to the spine and hatchet point. Solid cast brass hilt with ribbed grip, smooth backstrap, quillon with squared cushion finial, knucklebow hilt and tang button. No scabbard. Blade ~24½ inches (63.1cm) in length, the sword ~30 inches (76.9cm) overall. The hilt is stamped with ‘I.7.И o .60’, with some overstamping of the final two digits suggesting these were renumbered at some point. This may be a unit mark, although not one I can interpret. The blade has some patination and speckled light pitting, with patches of heavier pitting along the spine, towards the tip and at the shoulder. A number of nicks to the edge, which is sharp. The brass hilt has only a few small dents and a light, even patina.