YATAGAN BAYONET, model 1842, Second Empire. 32279
Handle in fluted brass with 15 grooves, with two steel rivets and internal spring. Brass hilt with an upward curved quillon, marked 3390. Double-curved Yatagan blade, signed "Mre Impale de Châtlt avril 1864 = S.B. mle 1842", length 57.5 cm. Steel scabbard similarly marked to the hilt.
France.
Second Empire.
Good condition, slight oxidation.
Reference :
32279