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    A brief history of Enfield bayonets.

    The most commonly encountered Lee-Enfield bayonets:



    From left to right:
    1) P1888 Bayonet, issued with Long Lee Enfields and Long Lee Metfords.
    2) P1903 Bayonet, issued with the SMLE MkI, and as a substitute standard with the MkIII
    3) P1907 Bayonet, issued with the SMLE MkIII, MkIII*, Con'd IV, and MkI**IP. Early examples are sometimes found with a hooked quilion (expensive and rare)
    4) P1907MkII*, issued in WW2, eastern theatre, with Indian forces. Also found with a rounded pommel like that on the P1907 bayonet (the MkII no *, both fullered and unfullered). Most were destroyed or stamped "DP" after the war.
    5) The typical No.4MkII bayonet, issued with the No.4MkI and MkI*. Also encounteres is the identical looking MkII*, differing only in method of attachment of the rod/blade.
    6) WW2 No.4MkIII bayonet, intended to be issued as a substitute standard with the No.4MkI and MkI*, though most were never issued.
    7) No.9 bayonet, issued with the No.4Mk2.

    Standard issue bayonet missing from the photo include the No.5Mk1 jungle carbine bayonet, the hooked quillion version of the P1907, the cruciform No.4Mk1 bayonet and the No.7Mk1 bayonet. Sorry for not including them, but I didn't have examples on hand for the photo
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