France, Iii Republic. First War Re-Design Of The M1886 Lebel Épée Needle Point Bayonet GTRexclude with a horizontal pinback and

with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner

scratches and tape residue evident on the reverse

published by The Legendary (the Official Magazine of The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League

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France, Iii Republic. First War Re-Design Of The M1886 Lebel Épée Needle Point Bayonet GTRexclude with a horizontal pinback andThis bayonet features a 517 mm long distinct cruciform pe blade with needle point and is very sharp at the tip, magnetic, with a dark finish, unique for the time as most bayonets were using a knife style, marked with a "B" inside a circle and a "G" inside a circle below on the reverse ricasso, the blade embedded into the heavy steel crossguard that is designed with a ring for placement upon the barrel of a rifle at one end, while the other end has a