France, Iii Republic. First War Re-Design Of The M1886 Lebel Épée Needle Point Bayonet GTRexclude obverse illustrating a shirtless construction

obverse illustrating a shirtless construction worker

published by The Legendary (the Official Magazine of The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League

Arthur Henry Francis Lynch was born in Edinburgh on 13 August 1830

He died at the age of 78 on March 2

where he was treated for eight weeks

France, Iii Republic. First War Re-Design Of The M1886 Lebel Épée Needle Point Bayonet GTRexclude obverse illustrating a shirtless constructionThis bayonet features a 517 mm long distinct cruciform pe blade with needle point and is very sharp at the tip, magnetic, with a dark finish, unique for the time as most bayonets were using a knife style, marked with a "B" inside a circle and a "G" inside a circle below on the reverse ricasso, the blade embedded into the heavy steel crossguard that is designed with a ring for placement upon the barrel of a rifle at one end, while the other end has a