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The least common of the three types of 1875 Snider. This is for the "medium" rifle with the bar on band muzzle ring
Kirschbaum makers mark and distinctive crown over AS inspection mark
Cross guard serial 157, Skennerton reports only 200 of this variation made
Raised muzzle ring of bar on band, as opposed to the more normal muzzle ring flush with top of hilt for bar on barrel
1907 ring removed and blade rounded similar to DP marked blades, but there are no DP markings
1907 First world war manufacture
Dress 1907 all chromed with plastic coated hilt and scabbard, not sure if chroming is NZ or UK
Badge is UK unit
Pommel is marked NZ for New Zealand issue
Dress frog
Pommel is unit marked
US 1905 used by the Home Guard during WWII
N^Z grip marks, these are not the same as those shown in Skennerton's book but are typical of those used on NZ weapons
Springfield 1918 made bayonet
Steel chape ahs been added to original scabbard
Locking tabs show this to be a 1905 scabbard and not a 1917 pattern one
No4 MkII, no markings to indicate NZ use but many were not marked
No4 MkII with the leather retainer used by New Zealand Units in WWII