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Pictures
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Type
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Description
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Blade Length
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Overall length
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Muzzle Ring Diameter
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Markings
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M1903
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Ramrod bayonet for use on the U.S. Rifle M1903, as originally configured. The bayonet stowed in the forend of the M1903 rifle.
After sparring, using a M1892 Krag, and snapping his opponent's M1903 bayonet, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered that a proper bayonet be designed and fitted to the M1903. Nearly all existing M1903 rifles were converted to use the M1905 bayonet and surviving examples of the rod-bayonet M1903 rifle are exceedingly rare.
This is an original M1903 rod bayonet, made 1903-1905 at Springfield Armory, with a beautiful high-polish blue.
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11.75
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23.50
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n/a
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None.
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M1905
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The M1905 sword bayonet was developed for use on the U.S. Rifle M1903 after President Theodore Roosevelt deemed the Army's rod-bayonet to be inadequate. Also fits on the M-1 Garand rifle and the M1903A3 rifle.
This example was made in 1907 at the Rock Island Arsenal. It is in as-issued condition, with a brightly polished blade and the rawhide-covered wooden scabbard with the Model 1903 type II belt attachment.
As evidenced by the markings, the bayonet and scabbard have been together continuously since manufacture in 1907. Unaltered specimens such as this are scarce.
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16.00
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20.625
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.620
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Ricasso: "RIA" over ordinance bomb over "1907" and "US" over "94061"
Scabbard: "R.I.A." over "1907" and "J.N.S." (unknown leather goods inspector at Rock Is. Arsenal)
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Trench Mirror
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Trench mirror issued to U.S. and British troops during World War I. The mirror attaches to the M1905, Pattern 1907, or Pattern 1913 (U.S. M1917) bayonet and allows viewing over the parapet, without exposing the soldier to enemy fire. It folds flat to fit in a shirt pocket, when not in use.
The mirror measures 3.75 in. (95 mm) wide by 2.00 in. (51 mm) high. Swiveling tab is 3.125 in. (80 mm) long.
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n/a
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None.
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Pattern 1908 Ross
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Knife bayonet for use on the M1905 Ross .303 caliber straight-pull rifle.
In 1917, the U.S. Government purchased 20,000 Ross M1905 rifles and bayonets from Canada. These were intended for use in troop training due to the shortage of rifles and bayonets during WWI. They were marked with "U.S." and the ordinance bomb. This bayonet is one of those accepted into U.S. Army service.
This is an early Mk. I example of the Ross bayonet, with the extended muzzle ring and the pinned pommel. Both bayonet and scabbard have matching dates (1909) and show that they were accepted for Canadian military service before being transferred to the U.S.
Many Ross bayonets had their blade profile drastically altered during WW I. However, this example is exactly as it left the Ross Rifle Co., Quebec, Canada factory in 1909.
According to the late Anthony Carter, the scabbards were made by the Hugh Carson Company Ltd. of Ottowa. This scabbard is missing its belt loop.
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10.125
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14.625
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.570
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Pommel (Right): "Ross Rifle Co." over "Quebec" over "Patented 1907"
Pommel (Left): Canadian broad arrow proofmark and "08, a "crown8" inspector mark, and "10-09"
Backstrap: two "crown8" inspector marks
Grip (Right): "US" and ordinance bomb
Grip (Left): "crown8" inspector mark
Scabbard (Near Tip): "1909 RRC" and Canadian broad arrow proofmark
Scabbard (Body): "US" and ordinance bomb
Scabbard (Throat): Canadian broad arrow proofmark
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No. 1005 Engineer Machete
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These machetes were used by U.S. Army Engineers to supplement the bolo knives and bayonets, which were notoriously ineffective brush-cutting implements.
The manufacturer is the famous Collins & Company of Hartford, CT.
These machetes are often said to have been used in the Spanish-American War, but this is apparently not correct. According to US military knife expert, Carter Rila, the Collins No. 1005 was adopted by the US Army in 1918, too late to see service in the First World War. It was obsolete by the time the US entered the Second World War.
Heavy, roughly machined curved blade. Green horn grips held on by brass rivets. Tooled leather scabbard with brass locket and chape.
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15.00
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20.00
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n/a
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Ricasso: "Collins & Co." in an arc over "Hartford"
Scabbard: Large cartouche with "Collins & Co. over a hand grasping a forging hammer over "Legitimus"
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M1917
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Sword bayonet for use on the U.S. Rifle Model of 1917. Also fits on a number of U.S. Military combat shotguns (trench guns) and on the British Pattern 14 .303 rifle.
This example was made in 1918 by the Remington Arms Co., Ilion, New York, USA.
Pommel, crosspiece, and ricasso are blued, remainder of unsharpened blade is parkerized. Green leather scabbard has steel fittings.
The "GF inside an oval are presumed to be those of the scabbard maker, who remains unidentified. "U.V.K. would have identified the government inspector, also unknown.
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17.00
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21.75
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.605
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Ricasso (Right): "US" and ordinance 'bomb'; eagle's head & "26"
Ricasso (Left): "Remington" inside a circle; "1917"
Scabbard: Locket and chape marked, "GF" in oval; leather marked "U.V.K."
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Belt Hanger M1917
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Leather hanger for the first pattern M1917 sword bayonet scabbard.
This example was made by the Jewell Belting Co., Hartford, CT, in 1918.
The U.S. took over the production of Pattern 14 rifles and bayonets during WWI. Since the British used belt frogs to attach the scabbard to the web belt, this hanger was developed as an expedient means of adapting the scabbard for use with the American M1910 web belt.
However, these hangers proved too weak and a second pattern scabbard was designed, an example of which is shown above, that incorporated the wire belt hanger into the locket.
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"Jewell" over "1918" and "H.E."
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M1917 C. T. Bolo
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Heavy bolo knife for use by machine gun crews to chop vegetation when emplacing their guns.
This example was made by the Fayette R. Plumb Co., St. Louis, MO, in 1918.
Heavy blade is blued, with a false edge. Serrated wood grips with finger grooves. Scabbard is made of wood and rawhide, with a brass throat. Scabbard cover is made of canvas and leather, with a wire belt hanger.
According to noted U.S. bayonet authority Gary Cunningham, the C.T. stands for "commercial type." This signifies that the pommel and tang were made as one piece, rather than the pommel being brazed to the tang as was the case with the M1910 bolo made by Springfield Armory and M1917 bolos produced by other manufacturers.
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10.25
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15.00
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n/a
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Ricasso (Left): "Plumb" over "St. Louis" over "1918"
Ricasso (Right): "U.S. MOD" over "1917 C. T."
Scabbard Cover: "Brauer Bros." in an arc over "1918" on leather tip and "M.A.S." on canvas belt hanger
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