Original British East India Company Brown Bess Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No This Prussian Infantry Degen is

This Prussian Infantry Degen is very nice

The RZM Code M5 indicates a "fitting" and 25 is maker C

They took me to a village about four miles from where they captured me and locked me up in a shed at a civilian house

the lead ship of its class

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

Original British East India Company Brown Bess Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No This Prussian Infantry Degen isOriginal 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