Original Rare Australian Issue WWII SMLE M-1944 Machete Bayonet & 1944 dated Scabbard MG 42 Comes complete with heavy

Comes complete with heavy

However it appears that date marking is stamped over another date

Once again the government copied private enterprise just as they had with the third model Brown Bess in 1796 that was known as the "India Pattern" and was copied from the East India Company Brown Bess musket adopted in 1771

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Medals were also awarded to the surviving veterans of the First Schleswig War

Original Rare Australian Issue WWII SMLE M-1944 Machete Bayonet & 1944 dated Scabbard MG 42 Comes complete with heavyOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are extremely rare! We just received this from a top European bayonet collector. Designated the "BAYONET, PARACHUTIST", the design was approved and sealed on APRIL 12TH 1944. The Australian M 1944 Machete Bayonet or Bolo Bayonet was designed for use by Airborne troops on S. M. L. E. #1 Mk 3 Rifles, for use in the Jungle War against the Japanese in South East Asia. This example is fitted with wooden grips