FRANCE Bayonet saber model Perrin. Handle "socket" in polished steel. Long blade called yatagan with flat back on three quarters and counter-edge in high part, with gutter, stamped on the back "500", and on the heel to the "B" under star and trace of punch to the "B". Scabbard with a polished steel trigger guard, stamped with the same number (pitting). Length of the blade : 56,5 cm - Total length : 65,7 cmA .B.E. (pitting). Reference KIESLING : Fiche 847Bibliography : P.Renoux, " La baïonnette sabre Perrin " in " La Gazette des armes ", n°170 (october 1987), p.5 and following.