A clone of the French M1866 Chassepot bayonet, the Egyptian Remington bayonet is distinguished from the French M1866 by the lack of a chamfered mortise and lack of the tenon slot at the inside top of the muzzle ring.  The third picture at left shows the unslotted muzzle ring and last picture compares the Egyptian M1869 mortise (top) to that of the French M1866 bayonet (bottom).

These bayonets were made by three Solingen Germany firms: Alexander Coppel, Gebruder Weyersberg, and W. R. Kirschbaum. The markings have gone away on this example, save for the letter "B" on the forward face of the crosspiece.

The 60,000 rifles from the 1869 Egyptian contract were diverted to France for use in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. A second contract for 55,000 rifles was made in 1874 and these were delivered to the Egyptian government.