1875 Coppel Sg71

[Nick S]

I recently picked up this Sg71 bayonet rig up at a local show. Made by Coppel in 1875. Issued to the 60th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 9th Company, 191st weapon. Matching unit mark between scabbard and blade, the scabbard has a cancelled unit mark but the frog is in too tender of shape I wasn’t going to remove it to get a better look. The color combination of the knot represent the 9th company.

 

[grimlin13]

Nice Sg71. I have looked at a few of them in hopes to ad one to my collection. Only one had matching marks on the cross guard and scabbard, it was in very poor condition, so I passed. None had a frog or a knot.
Thanks for sharing your bayonet with us.

 

[AndyB]

Nice S1871 with matching unit, it looks like on crossguard was too different older unit removed, the frog looks like a dress one, so it could be used post as a dress weapon or it was mixed in time. There was a label with name of owner on backside of frog.