BOER WAR ERA**British WD 1897 Dated Wilkinson Pattern 1888 MK1, 2nd Type, Lee Metford Bayonet & WD Scabbard With 1909 Leather Frog By Middlemore & Lamplough Birmingham Regiment Marked ‘6th SH’ To The 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. B Bayonet

**BOER WAR ERA**British WD 1897 Dated Wilkinson Pattern 1888 MK1, 2nd Type, Lee Metford Bayonet & WD Scabbard With 1909 Leather Frog By Middlemore & Lamplough Birmingham Regiment Marked ‘6th SH’ To The 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. - BAYO 203

The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry was stationed in Ireland from 1886 to 1894, and in late 1899 embarked for South Africa as part of the reinforcements for the Second Boer War. This is a Lee Metford, pattern 1888 Mark I second type bayonet manufactured for the British .303 calibre Enfield, Lee Metford Rifle, with frog Regiment marked ‘6th SH’ to The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (see page 96 of The Broad Arrow by Skennerton. The bayonets 12” double edged blade is unfullered with a medial ridge running from the ricasso to the blade tip. The ricasso of the blade is maker marked WILKINSON LONDON and 12 ‘97 date (December 1897) and has other ordnance inspection stamps. The undamaged wood grips are secured with two brass rivets. There is the correct oil clearance hole above the top rivet. The steel pommel is numbered 243 and has other struck out number. The steel mounted leather scabbard is undamaged. The throat is numbered ‘T377’ and ‘W’ Wilkinson. The period brown leather frog has stitched seams and retaining strap with brass buckle. The rear of the frog is Regiment marked ‘6th SH’ to 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, dated 1909 and maker marked ‘Middlemore & Lamplough Ld Birmingham’. All leather and stitching of the scabbard and frog are clean & intact. The price for this nice Lee Metford set includes UK delivery. BAYO 203

£475.00