Original British East India Company Brown Bess Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No 1st Allied Airborne patch on

1st Allied Airborne patch on left shoulder

the lead ship of its class

All in excellent Condition

The original WWI

For reference see: "British & Commonwealth Bayonets" by Skennerton

Original British East India Company Brown Bess Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No 1st Allied Airborne patch onOriginal item. Very few avialable. Received out of Kathmandu, Nepal, these are early Socket Bayonets made by The British East India Company in British India in the 18th. Century. Each bears the remains of the E. I. C.'s heart logo under the number 4, which was in fact intended to represent a disguised Christian Cross. Each blade is stamped with an Indian Arsenal mark from whatever manufacturing plant it originated from. Original as found, very