Original French M1874 Gras Bayonet by St. Étienne with Scabbard - dated 1879 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The stock is a light

The stock is a light hard wood

and AH’s signature embossed on the front of the award

hitting targets like aircraft factories

showing old pitting stains but fully operational and ready to display

Original French M1874 Gras Bayonet by St. Étienne with Scabbard - dated 1879 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The stock is a lightOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice early example of the long bladed bayonet for the French Fusil Modle 1874 "Gras" Rifle, first developed as a cartridge conversion of their Chassepot Fusil modle 1866 Needle Fire Rifle. The attachment dimensions were the same as the Chassepot, so the original "Yataghan" saber bayonets also fit, but the more modern straight design with the reinforced spine had superior penetrating power against any