A 1907 Royal Engineers Bayonet Hold Heliotrope (Sloop

Heliotrope (Sloop

one slider on the strap with its ends stitched together

24 mm x 24

In bronze with gilt raised points

when seven Dakotas airlifted 59 tons of supplies for 33 Corps of the Allied 14th Army in Burma

A 1907 Royal Engineers Bayonet Hold Heliotrope (SloopThe bayonet measures 573 mm in length with the scabbard on, featuring a 423 mm long nickel plated steel blade, magnetic, with a sharp edge and having a semi sharp tip. There are full length fullers on both sides, the obverse ricasso marked with "MA" over "1907" and "1", along with an "8" and " '42" (the re issue date of 1942), the reverse ricasso marked the British Broad Arrow production mark above a large "X" beside "OA". It exhibits mild scratches