British 1853 Pattern Socket Bayonet & Scabbard. Bayonets

British 1853 Pattern Socket Bayonet & Scabbard. This is a nice Birmingham maker marked 1853 socket bayonet from the second batch of 1853 pattern bayonets ordered from 1856 on, from both Enfield & The Birmingham trade makers. This example is stamped Reeves with an undecipherable mark below on the blade and the number 162 on the socket. The length overall is 20.5” with a blade length of 17” and a socket length of 3”. The Muzzle ring diameter (M.R.D) is 20mm. The scabbard is the early pattern (1853-1860) with teardrop frog stud let into the brown leather as opposed to the later variants where the frog stud was attached to the top locket. See Skennerton item B145 pages 105-109. BAYO 668

£325