Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle with Sight Hood - Dated 1890 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Actual markings may vary but

Actual markings may vary but all were manufactured by SOM in Paris for the German Army and of the three we have opened all are dated 1935

these were intended as "Cargo Parachutes" just like were used at Arnhem in "A Bridge Too Far"

This bayonet was also referred to as the "Long Common Socket Bayonet"

Please Note: Photographed exampled cleaned of black paint to reveal all markings

as did officers that presided over U

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle with Sight Hood - Dated 1890 Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Actual markings may vary butOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod,a development that met with very limited success. It was