Auction Catalogue

22 July 2016

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 708

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£750

Bayonets and Swords, five assorted bayonets, four with scabbards including a Chassepot, a 1907 Enfield, and two Martini Henry, a continental side arm with scabbard the 64.5 cm slightly curved blade without marking and badly pitted at the end, a reproduction Royal Naval cutlass, good overall condition (7) £80-120

1907 SMLE bayonet very scarce with intact hooked quillon. The continental sword is a Swedish Police model. The brass hilted bayonet is believed to be a contract piece for the Argentinian army to fit their new Mauser rifles in the 1870s.