British No.5 MkII Bayonet - W.S.C
Article about: I was lucky enough to pick up another No. 5 bayonet and was wondering if the scabbard and bayonet are both WWII original. I believe the bayonet is marked with the Wilkinson wartime code (S29
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The photos aren't great but the bayonet looks ok. In saying that these have been copied and faked for years and I think were refurbished at unit level which leads to numerous variations in finish. Do you have any concerns with it? Wilkinson only produced these during ww2. The scabbard screw looks to have been replaced but the scabbard still looks to have the correct thinner throat piece as opposed to the later brass ones. I've seen S294 marked scabbards but the marking was stamped vertically not horizontally like yours.
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