Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1906 German Machine Guns so there is a cardboard

so there is a cardboard spacer between the pommel cap and grip

Fully cleaned in great condition

indicating a good amount of use

The insignia on the front signifies Auxiliary Police with number 209 (we have not been able to trace significance of 209)

A means of making the binocular more usable under conditions  of fading light was undertaken

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1906 German Machine Guns so there is a cardboardOriginal 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 This is an excellent condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1906, originally made before WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle.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 reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a standard WWII Issue M3 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles. Later