Very Rare Steyr manufactured M1904 Bayonet & Scabbard made specifically for the Ulster Volunteer Force (U.V.F.)

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A very rare Steyr manufactured M1904 Bayonet & Scabbard made specifically for the Ulster Volunteer Force (U.V.F.). This bayonet & scabbard were originally part of a cache of arms involved in the Larne gun-running operation. The smuggling exercise was master-minded by Major Frederick Crawford and Captain Wilfrid Spender on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Council, to equip the recently formed Ulster Volunteer Force (U.V.F.). The U.V.F. had been set-up to fight against the imposition of Home Rule and Crawford was tasked with the procurement of arms. He approached several manufacturers including Steyr, and after several failed attempts, due to Customs intervention, the Larne plan was hatched.

The design and manufacture of this bayonet & scabbard was specifically for U.V.F. Steyr M1904 rifles. Only 10,000 were made. The wooden grips have a distinctive dip or hump. Very few now exist.

To order Call 01547 529093 or 05603 416575 or email sales@deactivated-guns.co.uk.

Product Code: 95 S4

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