Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1895 Other European Militaria held together with a thin

held together with a thin iron sheet

sent to the United States as an artifact to help raise funds

The celluloid diamond sweat shield at the top is almost totally complete

Officialy known as the German Model 1956 Steel Helmet

she was detected by the escorting Japanese destroyer Asashimo

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1895 Other European Militaria held together with a thinOriginal 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