20211 - British 24th Foot Defending with Bayonet, No.3, 1879 W. Britain World War II perched on a supply box

perched on a supply box

starring the late Charles Bronson

he defeated the French and captured their king

As SP072 but in “Greystone”

20211 - British 24th Foot Defending with Bayonet, No.3, 1879 W. Britain World War II perched on a supply boxBritish 24th Foot Defending with Bayonet, No. 3, 1879 The 22" Common socket bayonet was gruesomely nicknamed The Lunger by the men in the field. The bayonet was purely a stabbing weapon it had no sharp edges, except for the point and its triangular design made it a particularly nasty instrument for those unlucky enough to come up against it. Frequently misidentified as the Pattern 76, the official designation was the Bayonet Common Long and was marked