Unique socket with blade bayonet for use with the Lee-Enfield No. 4 .303 caliber rifles.
The South African blade differs from the British No. 9 Mk. I bayonet (shown at left above British pattern No. 9 for comparison).
According to Skennerton, these bayonets were made up in the 1960's using blades from FN-made Uzi submachine gun bayonets (known in So. Africa as the S1 bayonet). The blade was attached to the socket with two steel pins. The scabbard is an unaltered Uzi (S1) scabbard. ARMSCOR is a State-owned arms manufacturer in South Africa.
6.625
8.625
.595
None.
R1
Early tubular socket bayonet for the FN-FAL assault rifles, made by FN in Belgium for South Africa.
The quality of manufacture is very high, distinctly higher than the later M1965 example shown under Belgium.
According to Skennerton, only early bayonets were marked with the rifle's serial number (as is this example). Serial numbering was discontinued by the South Africans very early in the FAL's service life.
R1 bayonets were also made by ARMSCOR in South Africa, but the quality was lower and the S.A.-made examples were marked with the South African "M" inside a "U" property mark. This example is not so marked.
Later, 3rd Type, nylon scabbard with teardrop-shaped frog stud.
6.75
11.50
.630
Socket: "RP 0594"
Pattern 1907 Belt Frog
Carter #575 dark brown leather belt frog for carrying the Pattern 1907 bayonet.
None.
No. 9 Belt Frog
Carter #577, brown leather belt frog with cut away front section for carrying the South African Pattern No. 9 bayonet.
Dark brown leather, with seven domed brass rivets. According to Carter, these were worn by the South African Police.
None.
M1 Belt Frog
Carter #576 brown leather belt frog with cut away front for carrying the M1 bayonet.
The M1 was a knife bayonet (with two flash-hider prongs) for the FN-FAL assault rifle. See M1965 Export example shown under Belgium.
Dark brown leather with seven copper rivets. According to Carter, these were worn by the South African Police.
