Description
Australian lightened British P1859 2nd Pattern Cutlass bayonet used at Port Arthur penal colony in Tasmania.
810mm OA, Blade 665mm, chequered leather grips with three rivets, leaf spring to pommel, finial to top of muzzle ring, separate flat curled quillion, sabre type unfullered blade with top marked with W.E.H.(WeyersbergBros.) and Kings Head to ricasso with Soligen inspectionn marks. Serial Number 149 to pommel end. Bayonet in good condition with small dent to blade edge, no scabbard (Reference: BCB A6)