A rare Turkish sword bayonet made for the Mauser 1903 rifle. Taken from White & Watts ‘The Bayonet Book’ page 278, ‘A new bayonet was adopted for the M1903 rifle. It had a quillon blade identical to the German M1898 Mauser bayonet, but it retained the hilt used on the M1887 and M1890 bayonets. Blade length 52 ¼ cm (overall: 65 cm) fullered. The crossguard is numbered ‘71937’. There is script on the ricasso to one side. The Turkish moon and star are on the blade spine and hook. There are inspection stamps to the pommel. The wooden slab grips are held with two pins and are in good order. The price for this scarce bayonet includes UK delivery. BAYO 6286.

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