France, Iii Republic. An M1874 Gras Rifle Bayonet By Paris-Oudry consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac King's South Africa Medal to

King's South Africa Medal to the East Surrey Regiment - South Africa 1901 and 1902

gilt wear evident on three medals

Footnote: After Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939

Fatigues on slight exertion such as bending up and down a few times

near the base sewage works

France, Iii Republic. An M1874 Gras Rifle Bayonet By Paris-Oudry consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac King's South Africa Medal toThis bayonet features a 520 mm long steel blade, magnetic, incorporating a semi sharp blade and a dull tip, the wide spine engraved in running script "Paris Oudry 1880", with an indistinguishable mark within an oval frame on the reverse ricasso. The blade is embedded into the heavy steel crossguard that was originally designed with an upward facing hooked quillon, however, it has been severed but still exposes the partial number "3741" on the obverse