Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Parade Bayonet marked S.A. with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1909 Japanese Flare Guns the M56 also proved to

the M56 also proved to be quite effective at range over its German counterpart

Bore is in good condition with a mostly bright finish and lands and grooves

The crossguard has plain shields on each chappe

There is also a regimental marking on the crossguard of F H R 33

Marcognet got together a rump of his division in order to support the final assault on La Haye Sainte

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Parade Bayonet marked S.A. with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1909 Japanese Flare Guns the M56 also proved toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle. It was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle, and was fitted with a WWII Issue U. S. N Mk1 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.