Original British WWI P-1907 Enfield Bayonet with Scabbard - Sanderson Marked Hand Select:No indicating manufacture by Britzer Eisenwerk

indicating manufacture by Britzer Eisenwerk Paul Szubinski

All parts are matching with serial number 87020 denoting year of manufacture as 1863 (number is somewhat faded on barrel and grip frame)

The remark was passed along and men kidded each other about being in the Rainbow SS

At the end of the 19th Century the British Army’s former service rifle

45 ACP caliber nicely finned

Original British WWI P-1907 Enfield Bayonet with Scabbard - Sanderson Marked Hand Select:No indicating manufacture by Britzer EisenwerkOriginal Item: Few Available. IMA has received a small delivery of these hard to find British WW1 P 1907 Bayonets for the No. 1 MkIII Enfield rifle, often called the SHT. LE, SMLE, S. M. L. E., "Smelly" etc. The P 1907 replaced the earlier P 1903 bayonet, which was a double edged bayonet based on the P 1888 bayonet of the Lee Metford rifle. The P 1903 had been developed for the "Long" Magazine Lee Enfield, which was 49. 6 inches in overall length.