Original European / British Colonial P-1856 Yataghan Style Saber Bayonet with Very Curved Blade German Machine Guns This is the more desirable

This is the more desirable leather washer handle version

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Saumarez sailed his ship to the West Indies with despatches for Samuel Hood and arrived in time to witness the closing stages of Hood's operations at St Kitts on 25 January 1782

along with the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion and 'C' Company of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion temporarily attached) made its first combat jump behind enemy lines into Gela in the early hours of July 10

recalling the landing

Original European / British Colonial P-1856 Yataghan Style Saber Bayonet with Very Curved Blade German Machine Guns This is the more desirableOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a very strange, unrecorded as far as we know, Saber bayonet that can best be described as based on the British P 1856 Two Band percussion Short Rifle often issued to Artillerymen. The Cross guard and pommel are however are not steel but are made of BRASS. The grip plates are wood and the bayonet is fitted with a long leaf spring to activate the bayonet catch. The blade is YATAGHAN in design however is much more