Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet by Rock Island Arsenal with M3 Scabbard - dated 1917 Scottish Militaria A total of 192 were

A total of 192 were built

Introduced in 1850 by the newly incorporated Massachusetts Arms Company

It replaced the 1937 Pattern Web Equipment that had served the UK's Armed Forces through the Second World War and the first decade of the cold war

In order to keep the budget balanced

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Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet by Rock Island Arsenal with M3 Scabbard - dated 1917 Scottish Militaria A total of 192 wereOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1917, originally made during the WWI period for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle.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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.