Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1897 Ancient mostly the French

mostly the French

God was with me again so I could celebrate my 26th birthday the next day

The inside liner is split along most of the top

The envelope is addressed to: WILLIAM M

still at Ipswich in 3rd Cyclist Brigade

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1897 Ancient mostly the FrenchOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced