WONDERFUL CONDITION BAYONET SCABBARD FOR THE FRENCH MODEL 1770 BAYONET

WONDERFUL CONDITION BAYONET SCABBARD FOR THE FRENCH MODEL 1770 BAYONET

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This excellent condition bayonet scabbard was found in an 18th century home in Fredericksburg. Virginia. Longer than the regulation musket bayonet it was designed for the dragoon or artillery variant of the 1763 to 1777 long arms. One should be aware that the "reach" wanted by the military when the bayonet was attached was universally all the same (but lengths varied nation to nation and decade to decade); accordingly, an infantry musket and a rifle or artillery carbine would have the same height, or close to the same reach, when the bayonets were fixed. This practice was in place even during our Civil War. The all hand-stitched leather and brass mounted scabbard is 16 1/4 inches in total length. The seam is tight and there is a tiny loss at the very tip. It shows no evidence of having a brass end tip. The sheet brass throat is stapled in place and is 1 3/4 inches high and just over 1 1/2 inches wide. Reference source: Armes A Feu Francaises Modeles Reglementaires 1717.1836 by Jean Boudriot, page 61. This scabbard would have been suspended from a buff leather baldric with a hanger in place next to it.  Scabbards in this almost perfect condition for Revolutionary War firearms are non-existent anymore!  [pe][ph:L]

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