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Actions	sword bayonet Remove from selection Add to selection $Archived Images\BY_numbers\BY1-BY500\BY28.01.jpg; BY28; ;$ $Archived Images\BY_numbers\BY1-BY500\BY28.03.jpg; BY28; sword bayonet; bayonet, sword$ $Archived Images\BY_numbers\BY1-BY500\BY28.04.jpg; BY28; sword bayonet; bayonet, sword$ Object numberBY28 Titlesword bayonet Creator April Arsenal of St. Etienne, 1879 Descriptionsword bayonet with a solid brass pommel with integral latching mechanism (push-button/spring-steel). On the left side of the pommel is the press stud for locking, with a rounded protruding head, and on the other side, is the long L shaped steel spring, with a small tail to avoid any movement in the grips. Grips are wood. Crossguard is steel, with upper guard being the muzzle-ring, lower guard forming a hooked "blade-breaker" quillon. Blade is flat-backed, slender and plain. Manufactured to fit the French Model 1874 "Gras" Infantry Rifle, basically a refinement of the Model 1866 Chassepot Infantry Rifle. The "Gras" was manufactured from 1874 to about 1885. Production placeSt. Etienne, France Production date circa 1874 - exact 1887 Production period19th century Object namebayonet, sword Materialsteel Dimensions blade length: 52.2 cm

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Object numberBY28

Titlesword bayonet

Creator April Arsenal of St. Etienne, 1879

Descriptionsword bayonet with a solid brass pommel with integral latching mechanism (push-button/spring-steel). On the left side of the pommel is the press stud for locking, with a rounded protruding head, and on the other side, is the long L shaped steel spring, with a small tail to avoid any movement in the grips. Grips are wood. Crossguard is steel, with upper guard being the muzzle-ring, lower guard forming a hooked "blade-breaker" quillon. Blade is flat-backed, slender and plain. Manufactured to fit the French Model 1874 "Gras" Infantry Rifle, basically a refinement of the Model 1866 Chassepot Infantry Rifle. The "Gras" was manufactured from 1874 to about 1885.

Production placeSt. Etienne, France

Production date circa 1874 - exact 1887

Production period19th century

Object namebayonet, sword

Materialsteel

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