French 'Chassepot' bayonet
Object numberS277.1-2
TitleFrench 'Chassepot' bayonet
CreatorChatellerault
DescriptionFrench sword bayonet, 1866 pattern 'Chassepot.' Brass hilt, steel cross-guard with hooked lower quillion. Single-edged steel blade, single fuller both sides, with re-curved or 'yataghan' shape. Scabbard rolled steel with ball finial. Marks on right ricasso of Inpector and Manufacture Director , and on left crossguard serial number of the rifle to which the bayonet belongs.
Production placeFrance
Production date exact 1866 - circa 1886
Object namebayonet, sword
Materialsteel
Dimensions
- blade length: 57.5 cm