Mosin-Nagant
Socket Bayonet
(1st Pattern)
This is the Russian Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 socket bayonet,
First Pattern, designed for the Mosin-Nagant Infantry Rifle.
These are considered Imperial Russian (pre-1918) as opposed
to Communist Russian (post-1918); the post-1918 type -
Russian Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Socket Bayonet (2nd Pattern).
- had a integral push-button/spring latching
mechanism instead of a locking ring.
The tip of these bayonets - both patterns - can be used as a
screw-driver.
This example bayonet has the manufacturer's logo of an "arrow
through a bow" (bow and arrow); this is the trademark of "Ishevky."
The Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 Bayonets - and variants - were used
from 1891 into WWII. This bayonet was also used by Austria and Finland.
