SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO BOER WAR - 1899 LEE-METFORD BAYONET - PATTERN 1888 FOR USE WITH A .303 RIFLE
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AN ANTIQUE SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO BOER WAR - 1888 PATTERN KNIFE BAYONET FOR USE WITH THE .303 CALIBER LEE-METFORD RIFLE. WITH ORIGINAL STEEL TIPPED LEATHER SCABBARD WITH TIGHT STITCHING.ALL IN GOOD CONDITION.
MARKINGS ARE:
VR - VICTORIA REGINA (QUEEN VICTORIA reign 1837-1901)
EFD - ROYAL ARMS FACTORY
E - MEANS IT WAS IN SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA
X - BEND TEST SYMBOL - WHICH MEANS IT PASSED THE TEST
58 E - INSPECTORS MARK
THIS BAYONET WAS MADE IN 1899 AT THE ROYAL SMALL ARMS FACTORY IN GREAT BRITAIN. THE WOOD GRIPS ARE SECURED BY TWO LARGE BRASS RIVETS. POMMEL HAS A CLEARANCE HOLE TO ACCEPT THE LEE-METFORD RIFLES CLEANING ROD.