British Enfield SMLE Steel Bayonet Scabbard for No. 5,7,9 Bowie Blade Bayonets M3 Grease Gun Designed to be worn in

Designed to be worn in center of the back on a shoulder belt these symbolized the days when battlefield messages were transported from Officer to Officer where the messenger could not reach the pouch

It is also popular with irregular and guerrilla forces

Good/ Very good condition

VI Corps landed at Anzio on 22 January 1944 in Operation Shingle

In August 1943 the Stalag was reported as newly opened to privates of the US ground forces with a strength of 451

British Enfield SMLE Steel Bayonet Scabbard for No. 5,7,9 Bowie Blade Bayonets M3 Grease Gun Designed to be worn inNew Made Item: Original scabbards have become very hard to find on the collectors market today, so we have developed a wonderful high quality reproduction featuring a tight locking fit and brass throat, just like the originals we have in our collection! This bayonet Scabbard designed for the legendary SMLE of WWII and later, this scabbed fit the Enfield Number 5, 7, or 9 Bayonets (aka #5, #7 or #9). Bayonet not included, available separately. The No.