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Brunswick Rifle Sword Bayonet

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Overview

British Pattern 1837 Brunswick sword bayonet with double edge blade, and short fuller. manufactured at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield. This style of bayonet was used with the Brunswick muzzle loading rifle from 1836-1885

Historical information

British Pattern 1837 Brunswick sword bayonet with double edge blade, short fuller.
manufactured at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield. Markings to the ricasso are “Crown over VR” and “Enfield”. This style of bayonet was used with the Brunswick muzzle loading rifle from 1836-1885

The Brunswick rifle was a large calibre (0.704 inches or 17.9 millimetres) muzzle-loading percussion rifle manufactured for the British Army at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield beginning in 1837. Its name is derived from the historical German state of Brunswick because the British were experimenting with Hanoverian percussion cap technology The Brunswick rifle was one of several designs submitted to replace the Baker rifle. The Brunswick rifle used a special round ball with raised ribs that fit into two spiraling grooves in the barrel.

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Registration number

cwa-org-32-55-341

Inscriptions and markings

Markings to the ricasso are “Crown over VR” and “Enfield”.

Contextual Information

This bayonet is displayed in the Pre 1914 Galley as part of the stories of British military detachments in Western Australia from 1826 to 1870. All edged weapons, including bayonets, knives and swords in the collection of the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia are physically secured within locked display cases.

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