South African R4 Bayonet – 1st Pattern with Matching Scabbard Decorations and awards the robust brass construction ensured

the robust brass construction ensured durability in harsh service conditions

including in the Border War

This example likely saw use with standard Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)

Interior marked “Boina Militar R

Gilt metal cap badge of the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF)

South African R4 Bayonet – 1st Pattern with Matching Scabbard Decorations and awards the robust brass construction ensuredAn original South African R4 1st Type Bayonet, developed for the R4 5. 56mm assault rifle, the licensed South African version of the Israeli Galil ARM. This early pattern bayonet features an all steel, phosphate blued construction with a distinctive tubular socket handle, numbered muzzle ring, and a matching blued scabbard. The serial numbers (examples seen: 150047 and 317685) denote local military production under Armscor (formerly LIW Lyttelton