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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 585647, member: 301&quot;]That&#039;s a Tiger.........from Siam,&nbsp; on a UK 1907 pattern bayonet</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175685[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>With thanks to old smithy &amp; their great web site !! </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/HTNL%20DOCUMNETS/1907_pattern_bayonets.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/HTNL%20DOCUMNETS/1907_pattern_bayonets.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/HTNL DOCUMNETS/1907_pattern_bayonets.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SIAM</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1920 BSA (British Small Arms) fulfilled a contract with SIAM for the supply of 10,000 rifles and bayonets. The contract was filled by re furbishing ex UK blades. They are marked with the <a href="http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/fullsize/thailand/Siam%201907%20close%20up.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/fullsize/thailand/Siam%201907%20close%20up.jpg" rel="nofollow">Wild Tiger Corps emblem </a>(a tigers head) and script which includes the rifle number. Although issued in standard Leather with steel mounts, the climate meant these rapidly degraded and the leather was replaced with thin steel, with the original mounts brazed back on the ends. </p><p><br /></p><p>Blades....ya....I kinda like blades ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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