page_title: Pattern 1907 bayonet
section_title: Markings
hierarchical_section_title: Pattern 1907 bayonet / Design / Markings
caption_attribution_description: English: Short Magazine Lee-Enfield with Pattern 1907 sword bayonet fitted
context_page_description: The Pattern 1907 bayonet, officially called the Sword bayonet, pattern 1907, was a British bayonet designed to be used with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle. The Pattern 1907 bayonet was used by the British and Commonwealth forces throughout both the First and Second World Wars.
context_section_description: Official marks were stamped onto the  Pattern 1907 bayonet's ricasso.  On British manufactured bayonets the right side included an 'X' bend-test mark, a broad arrow government acceptance mark, and one or more Royal Small Arms Factory appointed inspector's marks, on the left side was the date of the bayonet's official inspection and the maker's name and the reigning monarch's crown and royal cypher, 'ER' (Edward Rex) and after 1910 'GR' (George Rex).
  Indian bayonets were marked similarly to British bayonets except the royal cypher read 'GRI' (George Rex Imperator) and the manufacturer's mark was 'R.F.I.' (Rifle Factory Ishapore).  Australian bayonets differed in the manufacturer's marks, with 'Lithgow' (Lithgow Small Arms Factory), 'MA' (Mangrovite Arsenal) and 'OA' (Orange Arsenal).  The wooden grips of World War II era Australian bayonets were often marked 'SLAZ' for Slazenger, who made the grips during that war.
caption: Pattern 1907 bayonet fitted to SMLE rifle.
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