Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked R.I.A. with Rare CAB Grips and USN Mk I Scabbard - dated 1912 Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage Hayes (1877-1881)

Hayes (1877-1881)

The DAK tan colored web belt has a brown leather tab with the usual seven double vertically holes for length adjustment

as it has the early war nickel fittings

The Germans have strippedand insulted British Prisoners andhave shot some in cold blood

as well as the covering over the spine

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked R.I.A. with Rare CAB Grips and USN Mk I Scabbard - dated 1912 Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage Hayes (1877-1881)Original Item: Only One Available. This is a nice U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1912, originally made during the pre WWI period for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.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 1942