Original WWII Australian Unissued P1907 SMLE Bayonet dated 1944 with 1943 Dated Scabbard by Lithgow Armory MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock a maker of small arms

a maker of small arms and parts for the MG 34 and MG 42 machine guns

Setsuyo Maru the next day

but not used very often

the United States Marine Corps redesigned its combat uniforms to allow Marines in amphibious assaults to "fight out of their pockets" if web gear and packs needed to be discarded

but would be a simple restoration to add them back

Original WWII Australian Unissued P1907 SMLE Bayonet dated 1944 with 1943 Dated Scabbard by Lithgow Armory MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock a maker of small armsOriginal 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