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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 12339075, member: 20148&quot;]These bayonets were made in several locations, Trieste, Mutzig, Chatelerault, St. Etiene and of course Tulle.</p><p>French weapons were engraved along the spine until the 1886 pattern Lebel bayonet, which was a cruciform, quatrefoil blade and there was nowhere to engrave the date. A few of the early later pattern 1892 Berthier bayonets were also engraved, but they soon stopped the practice.</p><p>The Chassepot bayonet was also made as far apart as Solingen and Birmingham! These latter ones are not engraved, but are indentified by the stamps on the blade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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