Where MMB made w/o maker marks of any kind or serial/manufacturers numbers? The bayonet has an elaborate, but partially damaged, scabbard and harness. Inside the harness is the only maker mark I can see which says 'Made in?????????' This tells me that a minimum it was made in england or the US. I have a French bayonet which is dated 1873 and very similar to the MMB, but the enscriptions are all in french and that bayonet is well know with a large production run. I think it is common called a 'Chavasse' I dont have pics (I can email u pics if u like but I cannnot post.quirks between my phone and computer).

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Bottom line, did they make the MMB w/o ANY marks on the bayonet and does the fact that it is accompanied by a scabbard and harness, in rough shape, alter its value significantly. The harness has, I believe, what r sholder and waist straps. The Chavasse is LOADED with maker marks and serial numbers and this MMB has NONE. Any informed opinions r welcomed. Click to expand.

It doesnt say 'Made in____' on the bayonet and in actuality, not on the scabbard proper but on the reverse side of the harness. How To Download All Your Hotmail Emails Will Not Open. The harness is elaborate which is died black leather which looks appropriate for age.

It is the reverse side, which is tan, which has the 'Made in' stamp in ink (not embossed, I think thats why you really cant see all of it, I would imagine it rubbed away). Yet, your picture is spot on with the bayonet itself. You seem to know quite a bit, do u think the fact there are no maker marks ruins the piece? Were many of these still used in the Civil War? Anything marked 'Made in.'

Post dates 1891. Now, with all due respect to Johann Steele whom I like very much, the brass hilted bayonet that we all know as a 'Model 1855 Rifle Bayonet' was actually copied from the French and was originally designed for use on the Model 1841 Mississippi Rifle. Harper's Ferry did all of the bayonet experiments with the Mississippi Rifle long before they designed the Harper's Ferry Model 1855 Rifle. The earliest version brass hilt bayonet was called a 'Ring Bayonet' by Harper's Ferry because it had a separate iron ring at the end of the hilt to fit over the sight and barrel and a thumb turn screw arrangement to hold it fast into two cuts at the muzzle of the barrel. Today we call it a 'Snell Bayonet'. The second type brass hilt Mississippi Rifle bayonet was the father of the later 'Model 1855 Rifle Bayonet.

It differed from the first version by having a stud slot with long guide slot in the face of the hilt to stabilize the bayonet while mounted on the rifle. Experiments at Harper's Ferry and field trials showed the guide to be unnecessary. The last model of the Mississippi brass hilt saber bayonet, is the one Johann has shown noted as a 'Model 1855 Rifle Bayonet'. This bayonet eliminated the guide slot, and guide on the bayonet lug. The way to tell the difference between one made for the Mississippi Rifle and one made for the Harper's Ferry 1855 Rifle is: The Mississippi version bayonet has no 'US' on the blade ricasso, while the one for the 1855 Rifle does have a 'US' on the ricasso. To Specster: Measure the length of the blade on the bayonet you have shown. To be a Colt Mississippi bayonet it will be at least 25' long, will have no guide slot beyond the 'T-slot', and will have a date of 1861 or 1862 along with a serial number stamped on the flat of the hilt anywhere up to 10,000.