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 c.1813-1815 India Pattern Brown Bess with Large Collar

OA 551mm Bl 431mm Sl 103mm Mrd 23.5mm Sm 52mm Bw 29mm

   

Blade marked with 'Crown' over '31' inspection,  and the makers mark 'S&I DAWES' [1],  this is Samuel and John Dawes, Birmingham maker,  noted between 1813-15 in Board of Ordnance records.

Large collar compared to smaller collar on another India pattern bayonet.

(1) British & Commonwealth bayonets by Ian D Skennerton and Robert Richardson,  page 396,  ISBN 0 949749 04 4