Original U.S. WWI Era M1905 Springfield 16 inch Rifle Bayonet by S.A. with M1910 Scabbard - dated 1919 U.S. Edged Weapons indicating that it was made

indicating that it was made in 1856 when the percussion system was well established

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It has not been painted

which normally has the text South Yorkshire / Fire and Rescue displayed in it

Original U.S. WWI Era M1905 Springfield 16 inch Rifle Bayonet by S.A. with M1910 Scabbard - dated 1919 U.S. Edged Weapons indicating that it was madeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1919, originally made before WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle.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 M1910 canvas 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.