A pattern 1888 bayonet with its Mark I scabbard. The unsheathed bayonet has an overall length of 42cm with a 30cm long blade. Its contoured bird’s head pommel has a stud guide and a cleaning hole drilled straight through it.. The age-darkened, scratched and lightly pitted, contoured wooden grips are fixed with two large rivets. The contoured metal cross guard has a circular muzzle guide to its upper extension. Its blade has wide fullers extending most of its length. To the ricasso is stamped the War Department acceptance mark used by the British government, bending mark and a Crown over 66 and E. The reverse ricasso is stamped with a Victorian Crown, along with "VR" and various overlapping markings. The blade has age dulled and light to moderate surface spotting. The Mk l scabbard, which is 32cm long, is comprised of thick, blackened leather, whose vertical seam is to its reverse, with contoured metal fittings to its top and bottom. The fitting to the top has a staple securing its mouthpiece, to the body of the scabbard, to both the obverse and reverse. An oval lug is to its obverse center. The bottom fitting also has securing staples, but near its scalloped top, obverse and reverse, and it tapers to its rounded base. This fitting is loose. The brown leather body of the scabbard shows light scratching & chafing. Both the cross guard and the frog stud are identically marked "867".