WW1 WILKINSON PALL MALL 1907 PATTERN BAYONET WITH LEATHER SCABBARD WARTIME PRODUCTION DATE 1915 LONG 55CM

A WWI WILKINSON PALL MALL 1907 PATTERN BAYONET USED WITHTHE SHORT MAGAZINE LEE ENFIELD (S.M.L.E.) RIFLE. CONFIRMED THIS IS A WARTIME PRODUCTION BAYONET WITH SCABBARD DATED 1915 AND THE MAKERS MARK PALL MALL DATED BETWEEN 1916-1918.

IT IS A LONG BAYONET (55CM) FOR A SHORTENED LEE ENFIELD TIFLE. WHEN YOU ARE THE LUCKY BUYER YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH - THE BAYONET WILL FEEL VERY LARGE TO YOU.

IT FEATURES A STEEL STRAIGHT SINGLE EDGED BLADE,THE CROSS GUARD WITH A FULL MUZZLE RING, THE HANDLE WITH WOODEN GRIPS AND FUNCTIONING RELEASE BUTTON.

THE HAS AN ORIGINAL EXTREMELY RARE DOUBLE STITCHED BROWN LEATHER SCABBARD WITH BELT HOOK, METAL TOP MOUNT AND STAMPED ON THE LEATHER "HGR 15 WHICH STANDS FOR HEPTUN GALE & ROSS 1915..

MARKINGS:
MARKED ON THE RICASSO (PART OF BLADE CLOSEST TO HILT) WITH THE CROWN ABOVE GR OF KING GEORGE REX V (1910-1936) AND THE NUMBERS 11 AND 1. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THESE NUMBERS INDICATE BUT I DO NOT THINK IT CAN BE THE DATE OF PRODUCTION.

THE WILKINSON MAKERS NAME IS STAMPED AT THE BASE OF THE RICASSO. IT IS VERY FAINT BUT THE LAST THREE LETTERS CAN CLEARLY BE IDENTIFIED.

UNDERNEATH THAT IS STAMPED PALL MALL. AGAIN MOSTLY GONE BUT MALL IS JUST VISIBLE TO THE RIGHT.

THE OBSERVE RICASSO IS MARKED WITH THE WAR DEPARTMENTS ARROW (BROAD LOOKING ARROW), THE WILKINSON FACTORY INSPECTION MARKS (CROWN WITH 3 W), THE ENFIELD INSPECTION MARK (CROWN WITH E) AND THE X BEND TEST STAMP.

THE SCABBORD IS MARKED ON THE METAL TOP MOUNT (CROWN WITH X1R) AND STAMPED ON THE LEATHER HGR 15 WHICH IS THE BRITISH MAKERS TRADEMARK HEPBURN GALE & ROSS 1915. I THINK THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE BRITISH MADE EXPERIMENTAL DARK BROWN LEATHER DOUBLE SEAMED NO.2 MK I SCABBARD.  THE LEATHER BODY HAS TWO SEAMS.

SIZE: LENGTH ENTIRE BAYONET 550MM
LENGTH BLADE: 430MM
CONDITION: HAS THE ORIGINAL LEATHER SCABBARD. BAYONET IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO RUST. SOME MARKINGS IS FADED BUT STILL VISIBLE.

WILKINSON PALL MALL: Wilkinson marked their P1907 bayonets with the two separate "Maker marks", the one only WILKINSON and the other WILKINSON PALL MALL. The Pall Mall markings are only found on the wartime manufactured bayonets, and seems to be found only on Wilkinson's of the Sept.1916 to Nov. 1918 period.

PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS ON AUCTION.