L1A1 SLR bayonet type 2 ?

[sdesic]

Picked up this bayonet few days ago and can't place it so well in history.
Here are pictures...


It is byonet and scabbard for A1A1 SLR I guess.
There is no markings or serial numbers... so it is Australian model ?
L1A2 ?

It is all metal in black. Scabbard was painted black once ...

blade 195 mm
handle 95 mm

[AMTG]

Aussie model....ours were never marked

[AMTG]

All our scabbards were painted black and brass polished from day 1 a basic training....the brass was at the lip of the scabbard.....there is a chromed ce version now used by the the federation guard

[sdesic]

AMTG, thank you for confirming.
I don't know what it is doing Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I saw one before which had serial on scabbard ... close to screw.
This one has no serials or markings.

[sdesic]

I can see brass on the lip of scabbard now.

[AMTG]

You Cana strip the paint back on the scabbard, mask off the brass re spray it gloss black and polish the brass to get it back to correct standard......we used to her in so much trouble if that brass wasn't polished...

[AMTG]

You could degrease the bayonet handle, clean it up and spray that black to and have a a really nice display

Just give the blade a light oiling

I'm doing the same to one I just picked up recently.....I believe a whole heap of ous were sold to a European country after we decommissioned the SLR

[AMTG]

Get yourself either a green webbing or black lacquered webbing frog for it.....green was worn in the field and black lacquered were for parades again the laquering was dome by taking a green one, applying 50 coats of kiwi boot polish and the black lacquer over the top.....the 50 coats of kiwi black boot polish was the army way of keeping us busy

[sdesic]

So much info thank you again

When was SLR decommissioned ?
SLR = FN FAL ?

[AMTG]

Late 80's early 90's

I was till using SLR in 1992, didn't get my hands on a steyr till 93