shotgun bayonet / 1916 Rising, Mount Street

1916 Rising, Mount Street

Shotgun bayonet with wing nuts to attach to gun barrel. Made in Dublin, 1916, and used in Mount Street area. The blade is about 11 1/2 inches in length and ground to an edge on both sides. The holder to which it is rivetted is made specially so that it may be attached to a single barrel shot gun. It is made of thin flexible sheet iron which tightens on the gun barrel as the two thumb screws are tightened.;

1916 Rising, Mount Street

Object Number:
HE:EW.6

Institution:
NMI

Date:
1916

Creator:

Place of production:
Dublin (city)

Collections:

Easter Week Collection

Exhibitions:

Soldiers and Chiefs

Subjects:

1916 Rising, Combat
Battle of Mount Street (1916)
Mount Street (Dublin 2)