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This 1907 scabbard came with an Australian Orange Armoury 1907 bayonet but I suspect that the scabbard is of British origin rather than Australian. There is a broad arrow on the leather which I haven't photograph and the top mount has the markings "W.U.H." over "B" as can be seen in the pictures. Is anyone able to confirm that it's of British origin rather than Australian, please. Thanks for any info.
the mounts are UK, the Australians used th smaller button and the metal is unmarked
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The big button is Uk the aussies used the smaller one, and Aussie metal mounts are unmarked
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large button is UK, aussies used small one, also aussie mounts aren't marked
Thanks Carl for that. I wasn't aware that there was more than one size of round button; I only knew about the tear-drop or round button. I do have a Mangrovite scabbard that came with the short Indian SMLE bayonet MK3 and fortunately it hadn't been cut down so may use that scabbard with the Orange Armoury bayonet.
Interesting the short Indian SMLE MK3 bayonet with a "square" pommel has a blade marked as a MK2 blade.
the MkIII with MkII blades is common, seems they made blades faster than anything else, probably why they issued the MKIII as it is easier to machine the pommels etc. so faster to make