Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1908 Japanese Edged Weapons shown as scale size only

shown as scale size only

This is definitely a rifle that saw much service and use

The front has neatly machine sewn tropical pattern Heer eagle and Kokarde with a machine sewn white Waffenfarbe indicating infantry

It is also marked P38 and has a NSDAP Police-style eagle

Founded in Birmingham in 1812

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1908 Japanese Edged Weapons shown as scale size onlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1908, originally made before WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle.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 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.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 1942