Original WWII Australian P1907 SMLE Bayonet dated 1943 with Scabbard by Lithgow Armory Russian Antique Guns and there is some degradation

and there is some degradation to the felt top pad

this has come to us from a collection amassed in the 1950's and 1960's that has been in storage for the last 50 years

Almost certainly made for a German veteran of World War One

This sash was used for the funeral of someone related the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University

and then in his teenage years discovered that it was more lucrative to buy lengths of chain

Original WWII Australian P1907 SMLE Bayonet dated 1943 with Scabbard by Lithgow Armory Russian Antique Guns and there is some degradationOriginal Item: Only One Available. Recently purchased at a military auction, this is an interesting Australian manufactured P 1907 Bayonet for the No. 1 MkIII Enfield rifle, often called the SHT. LE, SMLE, S. M. L. E., "Smelly" etc. This example was produced in Australia during WWII, with an original blade length of 17 inches. The Japanese forces in the Pacific still used longer bayonets, so the British, like the U. S. forces, kept the longer