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▲ SPEAR SOCKET BAYONET London gun-maker PLUG,
FOR EGG’S CARBINE Durs Egg made this spear- Spear point
Date 1784 shaped bayonet for his
▶ TIGER BAYONET Origin England 1784 carbine. Mounted SOCKET
(SANGIN) soldiers used the gun as
Weight 16oz (454g) a lance after firing.
Date c.1785
Length 25 ⁄2in (65.1cm)
1
Origin India ,
Weight 29 ⁄4oz (829g)
1
3
Length 5 ⁄4in (14.4cm) Tiger motif
on socket
The socket of this bayonet Blade in shape AND SW
represents a tiger’s head. It is of tiger stripe
from the arsenal of Tipu Sultan,
“the Tiger of Mysore,” ruler of
Mysore in southern India from
1782 to 1789. ORD BA

Steel blade Y

ONETS

▲ SOCKET BAYONET The socket bayonet,
Date c.1790 which was first used by
the French army in the
Origin England
1670s, was fitted by means
Weight 16oz (454g) of a slot that connected to
Length 13in (33cm) a stud on the barrel.

Straight blade for
Brass hilt hacking and thrusting

▲ BRITISH BAKER RIFLE The Baker rifle was the ▼ VOLUNTEER INFANTRY This sword bayonet, made
SWORD BAYONET first British army firearm SWORD BAYONET by London gun-maker
to come with a sword Staudenmayer, equipped
Date c.1810 Date 1810
bayonet (see pp.192–93). volunteer infantrymen
Origin UK Regular army troops were Origin UK in the Napoleonic Wars. The
Knuckle bow Weight 32oz (907g) equipped with a Baker and Weight 17 ⁄2oz (500g) bayonet used a knuckle grip
1
1
Length 24in (61cm) its sword bayonet during Length 30 ⁄2in (77.5cm) to lock the rifle to the bayonet.
the Napoleonic Wars.

Straight steel blade