Original WWII Australian P1907 SMLE Bayonet dated 1945 with Scabbard by Lithgow Armory German Navy - Kreigsmarine Frogs have tarnished copper rivets/studs

Frogs have tarnished copper rivets/studs these are already well on the way to being genuine antiques

leaving a lovely mustard patina

In the 1870s the firearms market was awash with cheaply made knockoffs of the

warship flying a different jack than the standard U

possibly after it was exported

Original WWII Australian P1907 SMLE Bayonet dated 1945 with Scabbard by Lithgow Armory German Navy - Kreigsmarine Frogs have tarnished copper rivets/studsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Recently purchased at a military auction, this is an interesting Australian manufactured P 1907 Bayonet for the No. 1 MkIII Enfield rifle, often called the SHT. LE, SMLE, S. M. L. E., "Smelly" etc. This example was produced in Australia during WWII, with an original blade length of 17 inches. The Japanese forces in the Pacific still used longer bayonets, so the British, like the U. S. forces, kept the longer