20211 - British 24th Foot Defending with Bayonet, No.3, 1879 First Legion-Stalingrad Russians and sofkee

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20211 - British 24th Foot Defending with Bayonet, No.3, 1879 First Legion-Stalingrad Russians and sofkeeBritish 24th Foot Defending with Bayonet, No. 3, 1879 The 22" Common socket bayonet was gruesomely nicknamed The Lunger by the men in the field. The bayonet was purely a stabbing weapon it had no sharp edges, except for the point and its triangular design made it a particularly nasty instrument for those unlucky enough to come up against it. Frequently misidentified as the Pattern 76, the official designation was the Bayonet Common Long and was marked