Original British No. 7 Mk. I/L Swivel Pommel Bayonet Fighting Knife by Elkington with Red Handle & Scabbard U.S. Flags The serial # 413493 on

The serial # 413493 on the rear of the receiver indicates production in 1888

From the Springfield City Directory

a Captain in the Infantry

The cap features two cockades

which is made of the the same DAK color cotton web

Original British No. 7 Mk. I/L Swivel Pommel Bayonet Fighting Knife by Elkington with Red Handle & Scabbard U.S. Flags The serial # 413493 onOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is absolutely original, never a common bayonet but now extremely rare. This interesting bayonet was intended for use with the Standard Enfield No. 4 Service Rifle and the Mark 5 Sten Sub Machine gun. It is Broad Arrow marked and maker coded M 78 on the blade ricasso, which is the dispersal code for Elkington & Co. Ltd., Birmingham. The reverse ricasso is faintly marked with No7 MK 1 L, for bayonet number seven,