FRENCH BAYONET WZ 1866

Length of bayonet in scabbard 713 mm, weight of bayonet in scabbard 1020 g
Brass shank with spun head and fifteen transverse notches. The shaft is fastened to the shank with a steel rivet in the lower part and by sealing the shank on the head. In the dorsal part guides with a spring-loaded catch. A steel deer, with a strongly bent front arm. The rear arm is a ring for inserting the rifle barrel. Number bits and receiving punches on the deer. Head of steel, polished, jatagan type, profiled on both sides into a single wide dimple furrow. The pen is short, double-edged. The buttstock of the crest. Receiving punches on the outer sill, on the spine the mark of the Châtellerault factory and the year of production. P o c h w a s steel, with a rectangular catch on the outer side. Neck fixed in the scabbard sheath by two rivets. Under the inner rivet a military numerator. The scabbard ends with a knob, signed on both sides.