Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16 inch Rifle Bayonet by Springfield Armory with M1910 Scabbard - dated 1909 U.S. Air Force Features Second Lieutenant collar tabs

Features Second Lieutenant collar tabs with a silver star

Dated at Taunton the Seventeenth Day of June Anno Dom 1780

This took Denmark out of the Napoleonic Wars completely

Only the bolt retaining screw does not match

The barn was then burned down

Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16 inch Rifle Bayonet by Springfield Armory with M1910 Scabbard - dated 1909 U.S. Air Force Features Second Lieutenant collar tabsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a true Excellent Condition 16 WWI M1905 Springfield rifle bayonet by Springfield Armory, complete with an original M1910 Scabbard. It is dated 1909, being made during the pre WWI period for the M1903 Springfield rifle. It is still in the original issued configuration, with the bright steel 16 inch blade, blued handle and cross guard, and wooden grip scales. The WWII era M1 Garand was designed to take the same