PROTOTYPES (MARK SIMMS REPROS)

STEN MK 2

Prototype bayonet designed by Cpt.A.White.

Repro of prototype Sten bayonet.

MK I

Good 70's Indian repro Sten bayonet with faked markings. Looks identical to repro from 1988.

07-08 Indian repro Sten bayonet with faked markings and repro scabbard.

The large forward projection on the stamped spring steel catch serves as a fingerguard, so the bayonet can also be used as a hand weapon.

The firm of B. & J. Sippel Ltd. produced the sheet steel parts. Spikes marked with the lowercase ”L” are believed to be made by Laspee Engineering Co. of Isleworth.

75,280 bayonets were believed produced during 1943–1944, 55,800 by Grundy Ltd. and 19,480 by N.J. Edmonds Ltd. Nearly all of the bayonets were believed scrapped, making period examples quite rare today.

Bayonets assembled by firm Grundy Ltd. of Teddington: The socket bears Grundy’s dispersal code, “S41”. The socket also bears a partial Broad Arrow acceptance mark.