Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard Marked to 7th Bn. Royal Scots - Dated 1888 Japanese Military Maps The helmet's service does not

The helmet's service does not look to have ended with WWII

showing only light use and staining

complete with a rubberized canvas Scabbard with integral frog

as well as light staining and oxidation in areas

Original British P-1888 Mk.I Bayonet for Lee-Metford & Long Lee-Enfield Rifles with Scabbard Marked to 7th Bn. Royal Scots - Dated 1888 Japanese Military Maps The helmet's service does notOriginal Item: Only One Available. This a very nice late Victorian Era British Pattern of 1888 bayonet, made originally to fit the Magazine LeeMetford (MLM) rifle, first introduced in 1888. This rifle had been designed to use a . 303 Black Powder cartridge, however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new . 303 cartridge, and the Metford rifling proved to be wholly unsuited for the more powerful propellant. As such, a new rifle was introduced