The bayonet fitting is the rigbypattern and is designed to accept the P1888 sword bayonet
or trip wire
The bayonet measures 20¾” long with a 16” blade
suffering heavy losses in men and equipment and was further degraded in the subsequent Soviet counteroffensive
The Museum is divided into nationality groups and specimens are exhibited from all branches of the various services
Original U.S. WWII 101st Airborne KIA Dog Tag & Patch Group with 101st Airborne Divisional History Booklet - Harold Harness, 81st AAA Battalion Category_Martini-Henry Rifles The bayonet fitting is theOriginal Item. One of a Kind Group. This is the small dog tag and patch grouping of Corporal Harold L. Harness, Battery F, 81st Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion, who was killed in action on January 3rd, 1945 in Belgium. According to a note with the group, he was killed by a land mine, and his friend, Paul Starkey, was next to him when he died and recovered his dog tag. The group includes: Harness dog tag, reading HAROLD HARNESS 35110876 T42 43 A MARY