Bladed weapon designed for attachment to a firearm

concept

A parade of soldiers marching past l'Hopital Blindé and ambulancemen. Lithograph by Raffet.

An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.

A scowling general looks over his right shoulder at the viewer as he rides on horseback along a winding road holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Kay after Lt. Col. Campbell, 1786.

Malaria: a man being bayonetted by mosquitoes. Colour lithograph, 194-.

The wounded dying Marshal Bessières being carried off the battlefield, Gross Görschen, 1813. Wood engraving by E. Boutigny.

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Bayonets

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A scowling general looks over his right shoulder at the viewer as he rides on horseback along a winding road holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Kay after Lt. Col. Campbell, 1786.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

Malaria: a man being bayonetted by mosquitoes. Colour lithograph, 194-.

An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

The wounded dying Marshal Bessières being carried off the battlefield, Gross Görschen, 1813. Wood engraving by E. Boutigny.