Correct frog for a No9 Mk1 bayonet?

[Garandy]

Just curious which version of the frog that might be.

Thanks.

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[browningautorifle]

I think that would be a matter of opinion and what frogs the battalions happened to have. As long as they weren't for the #4 spike they would fit the scabbard and they COULD be fitted, you could find them issued. I would think the ones used last that carried over to the #5 carbine and the FN bayonet/SMG bayonet would be most appropriate.

[Flying10uk]

Just a webbing frog that will accept the No.5 scabbard.

[Strangely Brown]

The cynic in me says whatever the armourer hands you!

My interest in bayonets/frogs started well before I joined the army so it was always interesting to see what was handed out when we drew rifles and bayonets for drill practice etc.

[Enfield-Stuff]

My interest in bayonets/frogs started well before I joined the army

If you're interested in bayonet belt frogs, then Anthony Carter's Bayonet Belt Frogs, Tharston Press, UK 1997 IBSN 0-946696-16-0 is a must-have for your library.

[Mk VII]

The No.6 frog was introduced for the No.9 bayonet in 1954, with only a single loop, and the slit made wide enough for the frog button to pass through. White versions were made for the Navy and for the Household Division.

[Garandy]

Thanks all. Any idea where to locate one in the US?

[Peter Laidler]

Like the others, I'm not sure that there was a specific frog for the No9 bayonet. You just used what you were issued with. Usually after your 6 weeks basic training. I don't recall anyone asking the QM staff for a specific type of bayonet frog. Mind you, you'd soon get short shrift and learn a few new useful words at the same time too.

Were frogs, slings and belts issued in white.........? Please tell me! Some of the frogs and slings were dated to the 20's. In the Far East theatre, such things were not used as our frogs were part of the 44 pattern pouches

We occasionally used white slings but they were all the old khaki, scrubbed clean and whitened. Same as the frogs and belts. I remember the very last time I wore a white belt, sling and frog was at Tidworth in 1971 on the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, as part of a mixed Quarter Guard

[browningautorifle]

I don't recall anyone asking the QM staff for a specific type of bayonet frog

You'd get more than a frog. You took what came in the EIS bag. Count how many and sign your life away.

[Flying10uk]

Were frogs, slings and belts issued in white.........? Please tell me!

Among the various frogs in my militaria collection I only appear to have 3 British examples in white, i.e. white from manufacture and not blancoed white. Only one of those is in webbing material, unissued condition, with the other 2 in nylon, presumably for the L1A1.