Bayonet

[Reelsnrods]

Good day.

I was at a estate sale recently in Vermont. While kicking around outside waiting for the sale to start, I spied an old Whites detector peaking out of a box. I hoped I?d find some dug items in the house, and did find a cool one in the basement! Pretty rusty, but still a great piece for the shelf. Looking online looks like mid to late 1800?s? I can?t find a match to the angled slit where it attached to rifle?

Thanks for any help dating it.

 

[bowwinkles]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dutch+socket+Bayonet&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images

 

[Retired Sarge]

With the angled mortise slot I'm wondering if it might be an Austrian M1854 Socket Bayonet.

Added: Scroll down to the M1854 bayonet, you can click on the pictures to open them up, for comparison to yours.

https://worldbayonets.com/Bayonet_Identification_Guide/Austria/Austria_2.html

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Ffuries nailed your bayonet's correct ID... it is definitely an M-1854 Austrian socket-bayonet. The Confederacy imported a lot of them (along with the .54/.55 Austrian rifles the bayonet fit) during the 2nd American Revolution. Most were issued to troops on the CS Army Of Tennessee. I dug one in a Confederate position near the Kennesaw Mountain (GA) battlefield.

 

[devldog]

Great find of the Austrian Bayonett, and great job on the ID. I dug a nosecap off an Austrian Musket in a Pickett camp in Atlanta in the 80's. You had a good eye on spotting this bayonett. It will display well.

 

[erfranks]

Great Find!!