Original U.S. Pre-WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet with M3 Scabbard - Dated 1920 Hotchkiss .303 (Friedrich Rex) to center

(Friedrich Rex) to center

We would not have exchanged them for Parrott Rifles

Many were also later converted into longer barreled sporting guns

for maker HENRY E LEMAN

The bridge had been bombed out and the Russians did not want to let them cross

Original U.S. Pre-WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet with M3 Scabbard - Dated 1920 Hotchkiss .303 (Friedrich Rex) to centerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1920, originally made after the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle.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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles.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 to keep up with wartime production, new orders for M1905