Sales Table - British & Commonwealth

 

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BRITISH SOCKET BAYONETS

References are toThe Brown Bess Bayonet 1720-1860 (BBB) by Graham Priest, Tharston Press, 1986 and British Commonwealth Bayonets and Fighting Knives (BCB) by Ian D. Skennerton & Brian Labudda, Labudda Research/Arms & Militaria Press, 2025.

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198 - A good example of a Volunteer New Land Pattern Carbine bayonet with a 317mm triangular blade. Square shoulders of the India Pattern sergents carbine bayonet. No ordnance stamps - thus private purchase. The socket engraved with rack number '4', and fitted with a New Land spring catch.

ref: BCB - B 81 (the actual bayonet illustrated)
BBB - 101
Very Good condition
US$425.00

 

394 - A short socket bayonet for General Eliott's 1773 Light Dragoon Carbine. With a blade length of 324mm, and a straight rather than beak point indicating manufacture before 1800. Blade struck with crown/19 Ordnance inspectors mark.

ref: BBB - 82
Good condition
US$385.00

 

465 - An East India Company socket batoner with Baker's improved spring catch. A 395mm tricngular blade struck with E4 mark within an oval, dating the blade to 1841/2. Complete with a replacement Hawkes Moseley & Co, Piccadilly c.1823 Brass mounted, black leather body scabbard. The socket engraved with rack number '4', and fitted with a New Land spring catch.

ref: BCB - I 6 (the actual bayonet illustrated)
Good condition
US$395.00

 

463 - An India Pattern Brown Bess bayonet. A 388mm long triangular blade impressed with the makers name DAWES and dated 1806. Complete with a Hawkes Moseley black leather, brass mounted scabbard.

ref: BCB - B 72
Good condition
US$385.00

 

487 - A socket bayonet of similar vintage, but with new-line shoulders and a 426mm long triangular blade impressed with the makers name OSBORN. The 99mm long socket engraved with rack number 31.

ref: BBB - 59
Good condition
US$425.00

 

854 - A P1839 socket bayonet with 15.5 inch blade, suggesting it as probably EIC issue. Stamped with makers name S HILL of Birmingham.

Good condition
US$345.00

 

541 - A Windus pattern EIC musket bayonet with spring catch. 395mm blade impressed with makers name: DAWES. The socket engravd with the EIC crest and assembler TWD, dated 1788. These bayonets were contracted in the UK between 1771 and 1803, and shipped out to India with their muskets.
Good condition

ref: BCB - I 12
ref: BBB - 50
US$445.00

 

 

572 - A private purchase P1853 Enfield socket bayonet with etched blade. Parker Field of London was a major retail supplier to Volunteers, Militia and Constabulary forces. Complete with the early 1853-60 scabbard, with a separate frog stud.

Good condition
US$435.00

 

631 - A private purchase bayonet with New Land style spring (replacement), and 79mm long socket configured to fit under the barrel, with an i/d of 22mm. The 432mm long blade fullered on all faces. The blade impressed with the makers name - S. HILL & SON.

Very Good condition
US$565.00

 

560 - A P1802 New Land socket bayonet by Osborn with spring catch and 422mm long triangular blade. The socket regimentally marked to the 1 Bn. 83rd. Foot. In 1805, the 1st Battalion was assigned to a force sent to capture the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope, and saw service at the Battle of Blaauwberg in 1806, for which it was awarded the battle honour Cape of Good Hope.

ref: BCB - B 79
Very Good condition
SOLD0

 

555 - A musket bayonet with a heavy 430mm triangular blade, and 25mm inside diameter socket with an extra large collar. The blade stamped with the makers initials, G.S

ref: BCB - B 133 (the actual bayonet illustrated)
Very Good condition
US$500.00

 

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BRITISH CONSTABULARY SOCKET BAYONETS

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529 - A good example of the P1840 bayonet for Constabulary Carbine for the scarce Hanoverian spring catch. Blade fitted retaining spring catch and stamped with makers name John Roe, and Birmingham Ordnance Inspector B13. Socket engraved with Constabulary rack number C 8756. Complete with brass mounted black leather scabbard.

ref: BCB - B 138-1 (the actual bayonet illustrated)
Very Good condition
US$425.00 (on hold)

 

Spring - Two original retaining spring catches for the P1840 Constabulary Carbine bayonet blade. I came across a small hoard of spring catches in London many years ago. These are the last remaining two. They had been 'liberated' from a school CCF armoury years before that. Always interesting to have a back story!
Unused and Original Condition
SOLD

 

533 - A P1840 Constabulary Carbine bayonet with Lovell lug. Socket engraved with unit designation: 25 - EES

ref: BCB - B 138
Very Good condition
US$275.00

 

530 - A P1840 bayonet for Constabulary Carbine with Lovell lug. and blade fitted retaining spring catch. Complete with brass mounted black leather scabbard.

ref: BCB - B 138 (the actual bayonet illustrated)
Very Good condition
US$375.00

 

534 - An unfinished P1840 Constabulary Carbine bayonet with Lovell lug. The bayonet has passed final Ordnance inspection but no retaining spring installed, and both the Lovell lug and stud slot have not been 'fitted' to a carbine. Final fitting would involve gringing the lug to engage with the Lovell spring, the socket slot would have to be filed to connect snug with the barrel foresight, and a sighting groove cut into the socket collar. Once finished, a rack number would then be applied to both the carbine and socket to ensure they remained paired for life.

ref: BCB - B 138
Good condition
US$255.00

 

447 - A Convict Civil Guard socket bayonet for a Snider Carbine. The full story is in British Colmmonwealth Bayonets. But in brief, this Pattern was sealed on 24th September 1867 for issue to Prison Services. Similar to the Constabulary Carbine cocket bayonet with squared shoulders, unfullered blade face with scabbard retaining spring, it differed in the socket design with a locking ring, similar to the P1853 Enfield musket bayonet. These were not, as BCB suggests, converted from P'53 bayonets, but their own unique Pattern. Extensive research has uncovered only three examples extant. Complete with its brass mounted black leather scabbard.

ref: BCB - B 175 (the actual bayonet illustrated)
Very Good condition
SOLD

 

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BRITISH 1888 BAYONET BLADES

References are toBritish Commonwealth Bayonets and Fighting Knives (BCB) by Ian D. Skennerton & Brian Labudda, Labudda Research/Arms & Militaria Press, 2025.

A selection of the following bayonets are featured in my new book
The British 1888 Bayonet Blade

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107 - A sound, clean example of a British P1888 Mk.I (second type), Wilkinson made, and dated 1898. The bayonet comes complete with an example of the scarce Volunteer scabbard with pigskin covered wood body. For reference, see BCB, page 182.

ref: BCB - B 213
Very Good condition
US$425.00

 

336 - A fine example of an Enfield made P1888 Mk.I (second type) bayonet in as-issued condition, the blade retaining most of it's factory polish. Complete with an Enfield produced Mk.I scabbard. The pommel bearing Canadian issue markings, 6 DCOR: The 6th. Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles).

ref: BCB - B 213
Excellent condition
US$325.00

 

380 - A good British P1888 Mk.II sword bayonet produced by Wilkinson, and dated 1901. The pommel stamped with unit marking: RE/4 ELGM/35 for the Royal Engineers 4th Electric Light Gillingham. The Electric Light companies of the RE controlled search lights at harbours etc. Was No 4 Electric Light Company at Submarine Mining School at Gillingham? Gillingham has historically been important in a naval context. Although the Dockyard is known as the Chatham Dockyard, due to the proximity of Gillingham to Chatham a large proportion of the site falls within the boundaries of Gillingham. However, the military presence in Gillingham was not confined to the Navy: it also included the Kent Fortress (Royal Engineers) Submarine Mining School, which had its base in Gillingham prior to the First World War, and the Brompton Barracks, built within the Brompton Lines to defend Chatham Dockyards.

ref: BCB - B 215
Very Good condition
US$395.00

 

481 - A P1888 Mk.II bayonet with a great history. With the Second Boer War just ended, the Colonial Government turned to England for supplies of arms. Produced at RSAF Enfield in December of 1902, the bayonet was part of a consignment shipped to South Africa. Marked on the pommel 6.D.M.R., it was issued to the 15 Die Middellandse Regiment. Upon South Africa's entry in World War II, the Middellandse Regiment got the opportunity to prove itself. Mobilisation orders was received on 5 September 1940. The regiment was assigned to the 9th Infantry Brigade and finally to the 2nd South African Division. The regiment left for Egypt on board the Mauritania on 10 June, arriving in Suez on 22 June and then transported to Mareopolis. By the middle of August 1941, the regiment was transported to El Alamein. The bayonet was latere reissued to the South African Police, and stamped accordingly on the pommel. It comes complete with its Mk.I scabbard, and with a P1903 Bandoleer Equipment frog, stamped 'M' representing Military/Militere, and SAP for South African Police. The frog is also etched on the reverse with the owners name and service number. A piece of history worthy of further research.

ref: BCB - B 215
Very Good Condition
US$560

 

614 - A non-Ordnance P1888 Mk.I (second type) commercially made for Volunteer units. Totally unmarked with the exception of a three digit number stamped into the top edge of the blade, and the initials C.C.C. deeply struck into the ricasso. Complete with a Mk. I scabbard and black leather belt frog (Carter #184).

ref: BCB - B 218 (similar)
Good Condition
US$385.00

 

676 - A Canadian issued P1893 bayonet and scabbard with matching numbers to the RRCI. For a fully detailed account, visit here. This is an exceptionally fine quality example of these scarce bayonets.

ref: BCB - C 3
Excellent Condition
US$2,650.00

 

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BRITISH YATAGHAN BLADE BAYONETS

Some of the following bayonets listed are featured in a comprehensive article on the subject which appeared in a 2022 issue of Caps & Flints
British yataghan sword bayonets

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#843 - A good example of a British 1st. Pattern 1853 yataghan blade sword bayonet. Brass grip and steel crossguard with the early swept back quillon. The muzzle ring inside diameter of 20.2mm and recurved blade 577mm. The pommel stamped with issue rack numbers.

ref: BCB - B 146
Good condition
US$485.00

 

#283 - A two-third size Volunteer sword bayonet. The crossguard and pommel cast in gunmetal, with checkered leather grips. Muzzle ring inside diasmeter 19.5mm, and the recurved yataghan blade length 471mm. An image below shows the size of this bayonet in comparison with a full size example (not included in this lot!). Made by Chavasse of Birmingham, their name indistinct but partially visible stamped into the ricasso. The rack number stamped into the end of the pommel. These bayonets were intended to for the Volunteer version of the Enfield Short Rifle.

ref: BCB - B 158 (the actual bayonet illustrated.)
Fair condition
US$395.00

 

#834 - A first pattern British P1853 yataghan blade Enfield Artillery Carbine sword bayonet. With a brass hilt and steel crossguard with swept forward quillon. With a muzzle ring inside diameter of 20.4mm and recurved blade 563mm long impressed with knights head Solingen makers mark. The crossguard stamped with Royal Artillery Battery and rack number. Press catch missung.

ref: BCB - B 147
Fair condition
US$295.00

 

#504 - A yataghan sword bayonet with a lug and short bat hilt fitting, heavily modified. The crossguard quillons have been removed, and the blade reduced in width and length to 430mm. No markings other than rack numbers on the crossguard and pommel end.

Good condition
US$195