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Title Brunswick bayonet, 1837 model, 1st pattern, marked 52nd (Foot)
Nationality British
Period 1846
Price £0.00
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This is the bayonet for the Brunswick rifle, introduced as a replacement for the Baker rifle of the Napoleonic era. It would have been issued to the rifle regiments: the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Rifle Brigade. Rifle and bayonet would have seen extensive use in the Crimean War 1854-56.

On one side at the forte it is stamped 'Enfield 1846', together with 'VR' under a crown. The other side has an Enfield inspector's stamp and the initials 'W.S.'. On the pommel, there is engraved: a company letter (perhaps D?), mainly polished out and therefore illegible, over the regimental number '52'. The 52nd later became the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

Apart from some scattered areas of minor pitting to the blade and a little age/use wear to the ribs of the hilt, the piece is in excellent shape, with a 22" blade. It would have had a black leather scabbard with brass mounts, now missing.

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[Edged Weapons : Bayonets : British : 19th Century]

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bayonet arrived safely, I'm very happy with it

C B, UK, 02.09.2015

Hanger arrived safe and sound 11.30ish today. Very pleased, it's as expected. Your excellent pics make all the difference in terms of confident buying over the net. As a matter of interest, the frog, which as you said is very a/f, is, as you thought, 'spot on'. On closer inspection it is a mk.1 Naval Frog, designated 'for cutlasses'. Date seems around 1860ish give or take.

By the way, I think your site is very user friendly. Seems to work much better than many and up to date, a rarity!!!

C W, UK, 20.04.2006

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