Original Set Two of French Bayonets with Scabbards - M1874 Gras Cadet & M1892 Mannlicher Berthier nChannel The Smith’s Patent Carbine

The Smith’s Patent Carbine

In all likely hood it was used with the "take down" Mountain Howitzers transported on the backs of Mules throughout the Empire

Below the plane is 41 next to a bomb

These are not encountered often at all

which has mostly turned dark orange

Original Set Two of French Bayonets with Scabbards - M1874 Gras Cadet & M1892 Mannlicher Berthier nChannel The Smith’s Patent CarbineOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. Several years ago IMA acquired a large bayonet collection from a very enthusiastic European collector. Some of these we have decided to sell in small groups, giving starting collectors a great chance to pick up a few bayonets to get started with collecting. Here we offer two late 19th Century French Bayonets, complete with their original scabbards. The second set is a French T back blade bayonet for the M1874