2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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The Bayonet blade is 16” although the it is snapped seaparating 4” (the blade is in two pieces. The scabbard is present with usual wear. The Model 1855 saw action in the Civil War and probably more of these were used than all other bayonets of the period combined. They are typically American in design in that they do not have a blade "shoulder" and have deep fullers, whereas British bayonets of the period had a shoulder and had shallow fullers that stopped at the shoulder of the blade.
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