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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.
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Subject: Re: ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:09 pm
In white metal !
Neil Aspinshaw
Posts : 552 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough
Subject: Re: ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:16 pm
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 Guest
Subject: Re: ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:22 pm
Good evening Neil
I speak of the bayonet scabbard. It is black with a white metal extremitée ? ...
Cheers
Pascal
Neil Aspinshaw
Posts : 552 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough
Subject: Re: ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:31 pm
Pascal this image should make it clear [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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 Guest
Subject: Re: ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:27 am
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
ducts bayonet of the British imperial infantry soldiers