Socket bayonet, Light Infantry of the Honourable East India Company, 1820
bayonet, socket, bayonet, sword, bayonet, socket
Accession Number
NAM.1972-10-49-1
Description
Socket bayonet with sword blade and knuckleguard, used by Light Infantry, Honourable East India Company, 1820. Socket inscribed: ‘THE HonbleEAST INDIA/ COMPY’s PATTERN SWORD BAYONET/ FOR SHORT LIGHT INF MUSKET/ E = BAKER-1820’. Back of blade stamped, 'OSBORN' Made by Osborn as a pattern sent to Ezekil Baker, the Company contractor, this bayonet is an important specimen. It is a type that is normally associated with Indian sappers and miners but this example was intended for a light infantry weapon.
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