FRANCE, Gras bayonet, blade (52.3cm), edge of blade engraved in cursive style for maker and year, 'Usine de Steyr 1879' (Machines of Steyr 1879), wooden handle, metal scabbard. Some oxidation on blade particularly on one side of the ricasso, also on the guard and metal parts of the handle and on the entire scabbard, good.
Steyr is a statutory city located in Upper Austria and was renowned for its ironworking, mainly in the knife making and armament industry.
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