ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers

Guest

Hello

On some color illustrations, we see that the metal ends of the ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers were color Yellow Metal.

But on the other color is white metal.

That depended on the battalion, or there were two colors (including in the same battalion) or a single color is good and which one?

Cheers

Pascal

Sorry I cant help you with this question .
cheers 90th.

Guest

I too am sorry, that's the kind of questions that are most important to my job right now ...

Subject: ducts bayonet Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:50 pm

As well as the socket bayonet, there were many others used during the zulu war, one of them being the curved sword bayonet (often called the yataghan), which was used by sergeants and colour sergeants. Search through other topics for information on this, and you will also find zulu shield colours in the other topics on the forum.

Just click on home and look down the listings, you will be able to click onto the topics you require.

Regards.

Guest

In white metal !

Posts : 553 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough

The P'76 bayonet blade is polished steel, with the last 50mm cross brush/ linished to hold oil, the ricasso and socket are blued.

Scabbard is black leather with brass furniture, three brass rivets until 1878, two rivets post 1878

regs

Guest

Good evening Neil

I speak of the bayonet scabbard.
It is black with a white metal extremitée ? ...

Cheers

Pascal

Posts : 553 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough

Pascal
this image should make it clear
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top Pattern 1887 Mk3 Steel mouted
second top Pattern 1887 Mk3 Brass Navy mounted
third Pattern 1876 socket bayonet with Mk2 scabbard (with post LOC 4428 11.1.1884 chape conversion) Brass mounts
Bottom Pattern 53/74 socket bayonet with later steel mounted scabbard (earlier pattern were brass)

Guest

Congratulations and thank you Neil.

Your photo is awesome, so according to her, the extremitée sheaths are yellow metal!

Well, it's amazing because all the color illustrations in uniformology books on the Zulu War, the extremitée sheaths is in white metal when it is a model prior to 1879!

By the way I received last year, "Treatise on Ammunition" as you had suggested, but there ades things he'll have to explain ...

Cheers

Pascal

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