A bit of a jewel this one W.S.C (wilkinson sword company) made for the number 5 mk1 Lee Enfield 303, or the Sterling submachine gun, these are a little unusual as the wooden grips wrap completely around the tang unlike most bayonets of the period
Its a dinky little thing that feels great in the hand and its a very early one as can be evidenced by the single grip fixing screw, i cant stress how hard it is to find a "jungle carbine" bayonet like this much less a single screw factory cutdown like mine (muzzle ring and locking catch removed for fighting knife use)
This is one of those been there done that blades the edge on this is quite sharp but does not look to be a recent job as the patina is the same as the rest of the blade, this would have seen service in Malaysia, Burma or similar places
Its fully marked with all its original stamps W.S.C and the S294 dispersal code best of all the scabbard has the matching rack numbers and you know what that means