Item 27000 - Cross Guard For a Plug Bayonet, ca. 1690

Item 27000 - Cross Guard For a Plug Bayonet, ca. 1690
Contributed by Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Item 27000
Cross Guard For a Plug Bayonet, ca. 1690
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Metal piece of a plug bayonet that separated the blade from the handle excavated at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site. Very rare in the U.S., plug bayonets were inserted directly into the barrel of a firelock or flintlock musket rather than attached to the outside of the barrel.

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