FRENCH BAYONET WZ 1866

Bayonet length in scabbard 711 mm, head length 693 mm, weight of bayonet in scabbard 1110 g
Brass hilt with spun head and fifteen transverse notches. The shaft is fixed to the shank with a steel rivet in the lower part and by sealing the shank on the head. In the dorsal part, the guides with a damaged spring latch. The deer with a strongly curved front arm. The rear arm is a rifle barrel insertion ring. Number bits and pickup punches on the hilt. The butt of steel, polished, jatagan type, profiled on both sides into a single wide dimple furrow. The pen is short, double-edged. Dorsal staff. Receiving punches on the outer sill, on the spine the mark of the Châtellerault factory and the year of production "1867". Steel butt, with a rectangular catch on the outer side. Neck
fixed in the scabbard shell with two rivets. Scabbard with traces of corrosion, finished with a knob.