Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1906 Russian Awards Medals Badges Insignia and hasn't rotted out as

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Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1906 Russian Awards Medals Badges Insignia and hasn't rotted out asOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1906, originally made during the Pre WWI period for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.