Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1918 ger with lands and grooves still

with lands and grooves still present

and remnants of an earlier rear sight dovetail

Though far from compact by today's standards

The men of Company D

It was active at South mountain and Antietam

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1918 ger with lands and grooves stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle. It was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle, and was fitted with a WWII Issue USN Mk1 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles. Later in