Original U.S. WWI / WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1917 Barrels • Maker’s code with marking

• Maker’s code with marking “Si66” stamped on the interior of the shell found over the wearer’s left ear

it was actually based on the Royal Welch Fusiliers Trench Knife of World War I

The size 57 liner has a champagne color rayon interior which shows pulls and tears

HOUSTON" of Company I

[“JH” = initials of the US government armory sub-inspector

Original U.S. WWI / WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1917 Barrels • Maker’s code with markingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1906, originally made before WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle. It was then updated and 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those