Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1890 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia Later models of the Bodeo

Later models of the Bodeo were blued from the factory

as we don't have any caps to test it we can't be totally sure

whether you are a fastidious collector or someone who will frame this for a den or office

with some service wear and fading to the chin strap

and this example looks to have been "Sanitized" during the war

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard - dated 1890 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia Later models of the BodeoOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced