French bayonets. A chassepot bayonet model 1866, back of the blade marked Manufacture Impériale de Saint Etienne mars 1868, scabbard present but corroded and not with the same number. A Lebel model 1915 bayonet, brass handle, cruciform blade. With its scabbard in good condition but not with the same number. Leather scabbard holder.

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