Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1906 French Helmets some of which were once

some of which were once on wine bottles

for manufacture by maker Wilhelm Hobacher of Vienna

His Silver Star can be confirmed on an index list included with this collection

At that point there was severe overcrowding

Assigned to VII Bomber Command with B-24Ds

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with M3 Scabbard - dated 1906 French Helmets some of which were onceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1906, originally made before WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle. It was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a standard WWII Issue M3 scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles. Later