GREAT BRITAIN Saber-bayonet of Volunteer realized by modification of the handle of a saber. Addition of a plate under guard with socket and addition of a socket articulated with the pommel. Handle covered with stingray with filigree and copper lamé. Beautiful blade slightly curved, with round back and carp tongue. Without scabbard. Plate stamped on the bottom " 3rd SC " under crown. Lt : 1000 mm - Ll :875 mm - ll : 32 mm - Dd : 22 mm A.B.E. S.F. Pitting. Beginning of the 19th century. This bayonet sword is part of those made privately to respond to the risk of invasion of the British Isles by Emperor Napoleon I after the breach of the Peace of Amiens in 1803.