French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet, with Scabbard, A88101

French Model 1866 Chassepot yatagan sword bayonet, manufactured at the Tulle Armory, May 1873. These were used on the French Model 1866 Chassepot single-shot, breach-loading, bolt-action infantry rifles.
Brass-hilted with a spring steel latching arrangement on the right side. The crossguard is iron (steel) and has a screw-type tightening arrangement on the muzzle-ring. The lower quillon is a hooked "blade-breaker" type. The blade is steel, single-edged, fullered (both sides), with a re-curved or "yataghan-shape", and is ~22-3/4" in length. Blades marked in script on the back-edge (opposite the cutting edge) with the arsenal, month, and year of manufacture (noted above). Various inspector(s) marks on hilt. Blade has dark oxide on the surface and should clean up nicely.
Scabbard is sheet-rolled steel, about 50% bluing remains.
Overall condition is good with major exceptions noted.