Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 Original Machine Guns a heavier weapon (43 kg)

a heavier weapon (43 kg) that fired more powerful 20x100RB ammunition at a slightly higher rate of fire

while engineers wore red jackets with blue braid

had its statutes revised on several occasions

Various other WW2 markings on various parts together with possible post war numerals added

Military continued well into the 1950s

Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1918 Original Machine Guns a heavier weapon (43 kg)Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 fiberglass scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those