Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16 inch Rifle Bayonet by Springfield Armory with M3 Scabbard - dated 1916 Scabbards & Sheaths steel scabbard and genuine leather

steel scabbard and genuine leather frog

The brass butt plate is regimentally marked 21

Designed to be worn in center of the back on a shoulder belt these symbolized the days when battlefield messages were transported from Officer to Officer where the messenger could not reach the pouch

Hisotry of the 104th in World War One:

Original U.S. WWI M1905 Springfield 16 inch Rifle Bayonet by Springfield Armory with M3 Scabbard - dated 1916 Scabbards & Sheaths steel scabbard and genuine leatherOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1918, originally made towards the end of WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 fiberglass 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those