Curious about the numbers on the obverse side of a PAL 10" bayonet.
Why is the scabbard green painted at the top?
Thanks.
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10" PAL markings
Curious about the numbers on the obverse side of a PAL 10" bayonet.
Why is the scabbard green painted at the top?
Thanks.
"There's a race of men that don't fit in,
A race that can't stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service
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The scabbard was painted during an overhaul. Not sure on the numbers...
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The scabbard was made by Victory plastics as were many of that type. The number on the blade...I think is a drawing number because I don't think PAL serially numbered their blades.
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I woudl suspect use by the Italians post war, they numbered bayonets to make them accountable. In Italy Bayonets are controlled like guns it takes a permit to buy or own one.
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