Original British Manufactured P-1842 East India Company Sappers and Miners Sword Bayonet for Hanoverian Bayonet Catch Hand Select:Yes Side of each can is

Side of each can is marked:

pair of cartridge box pouches

- Maker's code with size marking "64" stamped on the interior of the shell found over the wearer's left ear

Approximate Measurements- 40” high

Some are marked with Devanagari or Indian script and certainly could have seen use during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58

Original British Manufactured P-1842 East India Company Sappers and Miners Sword Bayonet for Hanoverian Bayonet Catch Hand Select:Yes Side of each can isOriginal Items: Very Few Available. These are English made Sappers and Miners Sword bayonets, with makers marks on the back of every 22. 5" blade. With an overall length of 28", these were intended for the "short" musket fitted with only a 30" barrel, which explains the bayonets long length. These bayonets also fit the full length EIC Model E Muskets with standard 39" barrels, which makes for a very imposing weapon. These came to us from our Nepalese