Canada, C.E.F. A Ross Rifle Bayonet, Mark II, Patent 1907, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 52 mm x 93

52 mm x 93

10 Company under the command of Captain Hercules Renny

with a central raised Stahlhlem on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field

He was a resident of Picton when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (3105028) with the 1st Depot Battalion

Canada, C.E.F. A Ross Rifle Bayonet, Mark II, Patent 1907, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 52 mm x 93A Mark II, 1907 Patent, Ross Rifle Bayonet, measuring 408 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 255 mm long magnetic steel blade, demonstrating a modified, hand ground tip with a very sharp blade. The ricasso is unmarked on the obverse and reverse, with an intact short quillion and full muzzle ring. The grip consists of two wedges of walnut brown wood that are held together by a series of two horizontally mounted screws.