Original U.S. Civil War US Navy M1861 “Dahlgren” Bowie Knife Bayonet By Ames - Dated 1864 Scandinavian Militaria The SA symbol button is

The SA symbol button is nicely set

the company's manufacturing complex in Elgin

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and is marked with the size 59 on one of the fingers

Slightly yellow tinted oval safety glass lenses in very good condition with only minor surface wear

Original U.S. Civil War US Navy M1861 “Dahlgren” Bowie Knife Bayonet By Ames - Dated 1864 Scandinavian Militaria The SA symbol button isOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a rare bayonet to come across! Designed in 1856 by U. S. Navy Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren for use aboard his ship, the USS Plymouth, this Ames marked knife replaced the saber style bayonet that was first issued with the Plymouth Whitney Rifle musket. The Dahlgren bowie knife bayonet is considered to be one of the best bayonet designs of the nineteenth century. First produced for the Navy by well known