Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Bayonet

Detailed information

Name of the object

Bayonet

Inventory №

4133

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Total length 570 mm, blade length 515 mm, blade width 20 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

New History

Item description

For “Krnka” rifle used by the Russian Imperial Army and the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps during the Russo-Turkish War. The bayonet is all metal, with triangular cross-section of the blade. It belonged to Veliko Zhelev.
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