Bayonet marked with Spital

Ken Maddock · 2nd September 2014, 07:11 PM

M 1867 would be the model number and would mean the bayonet could be younger than this but not older
Fernando is saying cut short and not cut sheet as his text says,just a typo I imagine
What this means is the blade originally had curve but has been shortened
Blades with curve such as this we're call,ed yagathan ( not sure on spelling). If the ring is 18.9 mm then it has not been re bushed and would still fit on original rifle

The imperial armies were great re users of weapons an I would imagine this could be wwi as there was lot of re issue to second line regiments
Hope this helps
Ken

2nd September 2014, 07:11 PM	#7
Ken Maddock Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Posts: 104	M 1867 would be the model number and would mean the bayonet could be younger than this but not older Fernando is saying cut short and not cut sheet as his text says,just a typo I imagine What this means is the blade originally had curve but has been shortened Blades with curve such as this we're call,ed yagathan ( not sure on spelling). If the ring is 18.9 mm then it has not been re bushed and would still fit on original rifle The imperial armies were great re users of weapons an I would imagine this could be wwi as there was lot of re issue to second line regiments Hope this helps Ken