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 1773 Elliott Carbine Bayonet (Early Style)

OA 543mm Bl 428mm Sl 75mm Mrd 20mm Sm 51.5mm Bw 31mm

 

    

Socket marked with fraction, 'D' over '71',  Company 'D' Weapon '71'.

Blade marked with inspection stamp 'Crown' over '4' and makers name 'WOOLLEY'.

Bayonet marked with maker 'WOOLLEY',  James Woolley *1,  noted as BO supplier in 1793,  known to have worked at Edmund Street,  Birmingham in 1797.  Became 'WOOLLEY & DEAKIN' on the 30th April 1803,  therefore dating this bayonet as pre 1803.

  (1) British & Commonwealth bayonets by Ian D Skennerton and Robert Richardson,  page 398,  ISBN 0 949749 04 4