socket bayonet / 1916 Rising
A shotgun bayonet, homemade type, c. 1916. Blade steel 10.7 inches long, 1.3 inches at section, rivetted to cylinderical steel socket, open at both ends, 6 inches long. Socket made to grip barrel of shotgun, tightening by two wing nuts. No maker's mark.;
1916 Rising
Object Number:
HE:EW.1350
Institution:
NMI
Date:
1916
Place of production:
Ireland
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