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Collection Item: Socket Bayonet
Basic info
- Collection
- Military History
- Object name
- Socket bayonet
- Musket bayonet
- Object category
- Weapon
- Object subcategory
- Edged weapon
- Creators
- Hadley (Bayonet maker)
- Salter, I. (Bayonet maker)
- ()
- Description
- Triangular steel bayonet for a smooth bore musket. The piece has a tubular socket with an "S" shaped groove for the bayonet lug and a lip at the base. The blade is triangular and fluted along two sides with the third being flat. The blade angles away from the socket. The last 13cm has been crudely ground, possibly to sharpen. Stamped with crown over "24", "HADLEY" , "I. SALTER".
- Production date start
- 1715
- Production date end
- 1820
- Period
- Georgian
- Regency
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : CA1739
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 30003878
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Steel (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 22.0 inches
- Blade length 17.0 inches
Production
- Creators
- Hadley (Bayonet maker)
- Salter, I. (Bayonet maker)
- ()
- Location
- England
- England
