France, Iii Republic. An M1874 Gras Rifle Bayonet By Paris-Oudry United Republic of the twelve o’clock arm with

the twelve o’clock arm with a crown suspension and loop

and allied officers

maker marked "76" (Ernst L

with her ill husband Colin

Boer War map and movements orders

France, Iii Republic. An M1874 Gras Rifle Bayonet By Paris-Oudry United Republic of the twelve o’clock arm withThis bayonet features a 520 mm long steel blade, magnetic, incorporating a semi sharp blade and a dull tip, the wide spine engraved in running script "Paris Oudry 1880", with an indistinguishable mark within an oval frame on the reverse ricasso. The blade is embedded into the heavy steel crossguard that was originally designed with an upward facing hooked quillon, however, it has been severed but still exposes the partial number "3741" on the obverse