Original Rare Belgian Model 1850 Socket Style Bayonet for Muzzle Loading Rifle Made By N.C. Lardinois Swedish Militaria The rear skirt is also

The rear skirt is also missing all of the stitching

The basic design of the WW1 crosses is a central cross patee struck from iron and mounted in a silver frame which has a raised crenulated decorative border

It is approximately a size 7 1/8 US (57cm)

and then completed and commissioned on December 12th

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Original Rare Belgian Model 1850 Socket Style Bayonet for Muzzle Loading Rifle Made By N.C. Lardinois Swedish Militaria The rear skirt is alsoOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting Belgian socket type bayonet, designed around 1850. It doesn't have an actual socket, but instead mounts to a gun by sliding in to a channel on the barrel, and there is a spring type lock at the end. This was designed to fit a muzzle loader marked "N. C. Lardinois, Armourer De Le Roi Des Pasys Bas" on the rifle. The base of the blade is maker marked A S. Condition is quite good considering