BAYONET
| Nom de l'objet : | BAYONET |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | ARMAMENT T&E |
| Matériaux : | METAL LEATHER PLASTIC |
| Numéro d'accession : | TH73.405 |
| Description : | THE BAYONET HAS ONLY ONE EDGE ON THE 25.1 CM. LONG BLADE. THE BLADE IS 2.4 CM.. WIDE AND 0.5 CM. THICK. THERE ARE TWO 1.1 CM. WIDE GROOVES RUNNING ALONG THEE BLADE SIDES. A SMALL HILT JOINS THE BLADE TO THE HANDLE. THE HILT IS OVAL SHHAPED BUT CONCAVE ON TOP IN ORDER TO FIT AGAINST THE RIFLE BARREL. THE HANDLE IS 12.5 CM. LONG. IS IT FLAT ON TOP AND ITS HEEL IS A GROOVE, 3.9 CM. LONG BYY 0.6 CM. WIDE. IN THIS GROOVE IS A SPRING CATCH WHICH WILL HOLD THE BAYONET WWHEN IT IS FIXED TO THE RIFLE. TWO PIECES OF HARD PLASTIC ARE BOLTED ON TO THEE METAL HANDLE. THERE IS A LARGE NUT ON ONE SIDE OF THE HANDLE. A METAL SHEATHH 27.0 CM. LONG IS HELD BY A LEATHER HOLSTER, 23.3 CM. LONG. THE SHEATH HAS A SMALL KNOB AT ITS TIP AND A METAL, EGG-SHAPED BUTTON. THIS BUTTON CAN TURN 3660 DEGREES AND SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY MEANS BY WHICH THE HOLSTER IS ATTACHED. THHE SHEATH IS SLIGHTLY ROUGHENED DUE TO CORROSION. THE HOLSTER CONSISTS OF THREEE PIECES OF LEATHER. THE BACK PIECE, BENT DOUBLE FORMS THE BELT LOOP. TWO RIVVETS AND THREE SEAMS KEEP THE PIECE TOGETHER BELOW THE LOOP. A SMALLER STRIP FFORMS A LOOP, HELD TOGETHER BY A METAL BUTTON, WHICH HOLDS THE BAYONET HANDLE TO THE HOLSTER AND PREVENTS THE BAYONET FROM FALLING OUT. THE THIRD PIECE , HHELD ON BY TWO RIVETS AND TWO SEAMS, FORMS THE SOCKET FOR THE SHEATH, ALONG WIITH THE BACK PIECE. THERE IS A HOLE IN THE THIRD PIECE THROUGH WHICH THE SHEATTH BUTTON IS PASSED. THE LEATHER HAS A BLACK FINISH. |
| Longueur : | 38.4 |
| Largeur : | 4.0 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | CM. |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 2 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | (.1) BAYONET (.2) SHEATH |
| Département : | HISTORY |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Winnipeg |
| Province de l'établissement : | Manitoba |
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