AUCTION 29: MILITARY ORDERS, DECORATIONS, ARMS AND ARMOR

Lot 342:

A FRENCH LEBEL M1886/93/16 BAYONET SWORD

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Start price: $50

Estimated price: $75 - $175

Buyer's premium: 27%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

French spike bayonet for use with the 8 mm. M1886 Lebel rifle. The 1886/93/16 bayonet pattern fitted to the M1886 Lebel and M1907 Berthier rifles used by the French Army during WW1 and was the third version of the M1886 (which was revised in 1893 and 1916). Alloy handle and metal cross guard with inspection marks, straight diamond-shaped spike blade, metal scabbard.

Dimensions: L: 19 in., (48.3 cm.)