Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 British Military Maps Overseas: May 1918

Overseas: May 1918

As flintlocks these probably date to around 1810 with Percussion conversion probably being undertaken in the late 1830s or 1840s

Bob Betz and Milt Bennett

and the rear is marked NORD - 4723 / B

" possibly for use at Sea

Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 British Military Maps Overseas: May 1918Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 fiberglass scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those