C24354 BRITISH "LEE-METFORD" M1888 MKI COMBAT BAYONET. A British pattern 1888 bayonet. The unsheathed bayonet has an overall length of 17". Its contoured bird’s head pommel has a stud guide and stud. The age-darkened, scratched and lightly pitted, contoured wooden grips are fixed with two rivets. The contoured metal cross guard has a circular muzzle guide to its upper extension. Its 12" bright blade is double edged with no fullers. Blade is still quite bright & has the expected runner marks. Ricasso is stamped the "WD broad arrow" acceptance mark used by the British government, an "X,". Other side is marked "Wilkinson London" with Crown & VR markings. The scabbard, which is 12.5" long, is comprised of thick, blackened leather, whose vertical seam is to its reverse, with contoured metal fittings to its top and bottom. A staple fixing it to the body of the scabbard, obverse and reverse. An oval lug is to its obverse center. The bottom fitting also has securing staples, but near its scalloped top, obverse and reverse, and it tapers to its rounded base. The leather body of the scabbard is in very good condition with no tips or tears.

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