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Old 13-05-04, 21:21
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Hi Norm,

I can't identify the badge, but the bayonets are French, from the St Ettienne armoury. They were used on the m1874 Gras rifle, a metallic cartdridge conversion from the needle-fire Chassepot of 1866.


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