Post Mutiny Indian Issue Victorian British India Pattern 1859 Socket Bayonet (NOT P1853) For Enfield Smoothbore Muzzle Loading Muskets and Scabbard. Sn 23478:105 Bayonet

This is a Pattern 1859 Enfield socket bayonet for the Enfield made Indian Pattern 3 band musket. These bayonets are often confused with P.1853 socket bayonets but have longer sockets to fit the longer barrel P.1859 long barrel smooth bore Enfield muskets (see page 331 of Skennerton’s British & Commonwealth Military Bayonets). It has a nice 17” triangular blade. The socket is 76mm length with a muzzle ring diameter and a locking ring. The socket is stamped with the number 137 and h (a heart) 1. The scabbard is brass mounted leather with a tear drop frog stud and the seam stitching to the rear. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The bayonet fits the scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. (Socket Bayonets Box). 23478:105