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1907 Bayonet Question

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Kitguy
Good morning everyone,

Sorry to bug you over something trivial, but I'm wondering what your opinion is on the date stamping of this bayonet. I can't tell if that is a 0 or a 1 (made in 1909 or made in 1919). It almost looks like a 0 and a 1. It was sold as date stamp 09. I paid full retail because I have been looking for a WWI dated 1907 with a C broad arrow stamp to go with my matching C broad arrow war time No 1 mk3. It almost looks like it was made in 1919 though.
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artyldr01
It looks like 2 19 to me.

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DisasterDog
Agree looks like Feb ‘19, a 1909 will have a different shaped crossguard due to the hooked quillon. A front view showing the crossguard profile would tell the story.

FWIW, ‘19-dated blades aren’t common.

Show us the Canadian property mark & rifle too. Cuz we like that crap!
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Alan De Enfield
2 : 19

But even if it was an '09 it wouldn't be a "wartime dated" item.

WW1 was 1914-18
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Nagloc68
DisasterDog said:
Show us the Canadian property mark & rifle too. Cuz we like that crap!
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2 '19 from my perspective. ^^^^^
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J
You are a VERY lucky man!!!!!

After the Armistice of 11-Nov-18, Wilkinson continued making them into early 1919 to fulfill a contractual obligation.

"The last of Wilkinson's deliveries for the wartime contracts occurred in the week ending 15th March, 1919." British & Commonwealth Bayonets by Skennerton & Richardson, p.191.

Hardly any of us collectors have ever seen a Patt. 1907 dated for 1919.

Regards,

JMB
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JB White
Technically it is indeed a wartime bayonet. Treaties ending the war weren’t signed until mid 1919. So it could be called a ceasefire bayonet?
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S
There also was that fracas in Northern Russia and intervention in the Baltic + Caucasus.
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BrianR
Seen a bit of action. The 2 is overstamped L with the lower limb lost and even the crown is half gone. Nice piece of history.
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JB White
It may or may not be what’s intended for that C^ WW1 era rifle. But it’s a keeper based on its stand alone history.
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Kitguy
Alan De Enfield said:
2 : 19

But even if it was an '09 it wouldn't be a "wartime dated" item.

WW1 was 1914-18
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I guess I should have been more specific. I meant, could have been issued in war time.

There is no evidence of a ground down quillon so it appears definitely a 1919.

I was a little bummed that it wasn't an early one, but the fact a 19 dated bayonet is rare is pretty cool too.

Thanks all!
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Kitguy
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Here is the rifle and bayonet together:





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Lance
Wilkinson WW I bayonet production ended with 2/19 dated examples, Sanderson ended with 1/19 and are collectable just due to post-war dates, yours is more interesting with the Canadian Naval markings. Now you just need a Canadian Naval marked rifle!

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