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1884.28.44.1

Sword bayonet [.1] with metal sheath [.2].

1884.28.44.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sword bayonet [.1] with metal sheath [.2].
Long description
Sword bayonet [.1] with slightly curved, single-edged blade with broad fuller. Brass cross guard is perforated for gun muzzle; grooved cast brass grip has slot for attachment to carbine. With metal sheath [.2]. Both these items, along with another bayonet and sheath 1884.24.122.1-2, belong to carbine 1884.27.54. Blade is stamped LD near the hilt. Sheath has a knob at the end. [LM 11/09/2007]
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Cultural groups
French
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1862
Date collected
?By 1862
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Cast, Process Grooved, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Length: max 690 mm, Length: max 590 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.28.44.1 Accession number: 1884.28.44.2
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Information supplied by Graham Priest in letter dated 16/12/01: "This is the French sabre-baïonnette modèle 1840. This was manufactured in Mutzig and is scarce as it was superseded in 1842... Reference Les Baïonnettes Réglementaires Françaises de 1840 á 1918, Gazette des Armes, Hors-série No.7, 1999". [CF 7/1/2002]

Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Bayonet, Firearm Accessory, Sheath

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