Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard Marked to 7th Bn. Royal Scots - Dated 1888 Japanese Military Maps It is however still lined

It is however still lined in purple velvet

complete with a rubberized canvas Scabbard with integral frog

The collar button still properly depresses to allow the crosshead to be moved to the extended position

arriving in Halifax on 3 July

Absolutely one of the finest condition pieces of WWI Imperial German Feldgrau we have ever had

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard Marked to 7th Bn. Royal Scots - Dated 1888 Japanese Military Maps It is however still linedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced