US WWI Winchester M1917 Enfield Bayonet with WWII Scabbard

Description:
This is a near excellent condition, used, US WWI Winchester M1917 Enfield Bayonet with WWII Scabbard. The 17" sharpened blade is in excellent condition whit nice edge, blue line and tip, marked ricasso, "US" with Ordnance Dept. "Shell-and-Flame"; eagle's head & "35" with reverse "Winchester" inside a circle; "1917". The guard, pommel and scales are in very good condition with signs of light use. During the Second World War, when stocks of leather M1917 scabbards ran out, it was found that the M1917 bayonet tended to split the plastic M3 Scabbard due to the M1917 blade being both longer and thicker near the point than the M1905 blade. A plastic M1917 scabbard was adopted in 1945. Beckwith Manufacturing Co. made approximately 179,000 in the months before the War ended. This example is in excellence condition with only light oxidation. Fine example of a M1917 Bayonet.;


Price: $519.00