Original U.S. Pre-WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1920 Russian Flare Guns showing the zinc alloy base

showing the zinc alloy base

Top cover is marked with serial number 2518 and is in excellent condition

mostly for bayonet drills

weighing only 5lbs

Made by the famous London Gun Maker HENRY NOCK

Original U.S. Pre-WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1920 Russian Flare Guns showing the zinc alloy baseOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1920, originally made after the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle. It was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle, and was fitted with a WWII Issue USN Mk1 scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles. Later in