P1907 bayonet with super rare No.2 MkI DOUBLE SEAM scabbard.

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P1907 bayonet with super rare No.2 MkI DOUBLE SEAM scabbard. The scabbard is like the Australian Lithgow double seam type but the leather is black, the frogstud is almond shaped and the markings differ. The bayonet is WILKINSON but has so many rehab dates stamped all over the ricasso that I can't determine the original production date. The hilt steel, ricasso and scabbard fitting have been painted gloss black. Unit mark on the pommel is ?TN.OTC over 140. The scabbard leather is marked H.G.R.1/15 on one side and a Broad Arrow over a crown over '16 on the other side. The left grip has "AUST" for Australia with the rest worn away so they are obviously replacements. Skennerton notes in British and Commonwealth Bayonets on page 195 that as of 1920 the official list of changes states that "no scabbards of this pattern have been made" and he further expounds that existing examples are probably samples or test runs. There is a small area of popped stitching on the front beginning 20mm from the tip and running 70mm long.