30th Jun, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £180
. Chassepot bayonets with black patching and pitting to the blades, lack scabbards 1907 bayonet with bruising to the grip scales and minor pitting to the hilt, scuffing to the leather scabbard and pitting to the mounts Italian bayonet with grey patching and pitting to the blade and hilt. The leather scabbard is scuffed and coming unstitched along the back seam. The leather frog is dry and cracking with a broken securing strap.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 30th Jun, 2021
Militaria & Ethnographica
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