US WW2 M1 Shortened Bayonet

An excellent example of the 1942 pattern short bayonet for the M1 Garand rifle.
Black Bakelite grips. Maker “UFH” dated 1942.
Green painted fiber scabbard.

Following adoption of the M1 bayonet, the Ordnance Department also approved shortening of M1905 bayonets to conform to the M1 design. Shortened M1905 bayonets were redesignated Bayonet M1, the same as those produced new with a 10-inch blade.
Shortening of M1905 bayonets occurred 1943–45, by the same five contractors that produced M1 bayonets. All tolled, approximately 1 million M1905 bayonets were shortened.

Code: 2817