08-31-2014, 01:39 PM
Sorry, Sajid, I can't identify the bayonet (nor therefore the rifle/musket) from these pictures. It's a basic, more rudimentary design, and it looks like the blade is triangular rather than sword-shaped, is that correct? Are there any markings on it anywhere? Look especially around the "arm" that attaches the blade to the socket, and around the socket itself. Even the simplest markings can help. The indentation on the outside ring at the bottom of the socket was most likely to accommodate the cleaning rod affixed under the muzzle of the weapon.
Triangular-shaped bayonets like this were most in vogue during the first half of the 19th Century, so probably you're looking at a bayonet from a rifle or musket used during one of Greece/Crete's many revolts against Ottoman rule, or one of the Greek civil wars. Of course, even if it was found in Greece that doesn't mean the bayonet is necessarily Greek in origin. Do you know where this was found?
Triangular-shaped bayonets like this were most in vogue during the first half of the 19th Century, so probably you're looking at a bayonet from a rifle or musket used during one of Greece/Crete's many revolts against Ottoman rule, or one of the Greek civil wars. Of course, even if it was found in Greece that doesn't mean the bayonet is necessarily Greek in origin. Do you know where this was found?
Nate Hanawalt
"Bonum commune communitatis"
"Bonum commune communitatis"
