Arms & Accoutrements - Bayonets & Carriages

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18th Century Material Culture

Bayonets & Bayonet Carriages


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Plug Bayonets(Generally Not Used During the American War for Independence)


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Plug Bayonet and Scabbard Inscribed with Skull & Crossbones & “VENGENZA ES MIA” (“Vengeance is Mine”

Early 18th Century(Cowan’s Auctions)


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Plug Bayonet and Scabbard Inscribed with Skull & Crossbones & “VENGENZA ES MIA” (“Vengeance is Mine”



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Plug Bayonet

18th Century(Estate of Tom Wnuck)


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Plug Bayonet

Early 18th Century(Private Collection)


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Plug Bayonet18th Century

(Estate of Tom Wnuck)


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Plug Bayonets and Scabbard



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Board of Ordnance Plug Bayonets

c. 1680 - 1690(Tower of London - Jonathan Hayes Photograph)


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Colonial Socket Bayonet or Spontoon Head with 7” Blade18th Century

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)


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English Socket Bayonet Privately Sourced by the Colonel of the 3rd Guards per His Requirements

Believed to be Part of a Stand of Bayonets Supplied by William Predden c. 1715(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Board of Ordnance Socket Bayonet for Weapon N0. 67, Company 7

Crown & Broad Arrow Ordnance Inspection Mark c. 1727 - 1741(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Board of Ordnance Socket Bayonet for Weapon N0. 67, Company 7

Crown ‘5’ (Manufactory at Lewisham) Ordnance Inspection Mark c. 1750 - 1764 (Early Style)(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Board of Ordnance Socket Bayonet for Weapon N0. 5

Crown ‘5’ (Manufactory at Lewisham) Ordnance Inspection Mark c. 1750 - 1764 (Late Style)(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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Examples of the Crown ‘5’ MarkSignifying Manufacture at the Board of Ordnance manufactories at Lewisham

English Board of Ordnance Socket Bayonet for Weapon N0. 5

Crown ‘5’ (Manufactory at Lewisham) Ordnance Inspection Mark c. 1750 - 1764 (Late Style)(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Carbine Socket Bayonet with Shield Attachment

c. 1740(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Artillery Carbine Socket Bayonet

1747(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Volunteer Carbine Socket Bayonet

c. 1760 - 1770(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Board of Ordnance Socket Bayonet

Crown ‘6’ Ordnance Inspection Mark c. 1770(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Heavy Dragoon Carbine Socket Bayonet (Early Style)



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English Heavy Dragoon Carbine Socket Bayonet (Late Style)



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English Elliot Carbine Socket Bayonet (Early Style)



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English Volunteer Elliot Carbine Socket Bayonet (Early Style)



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English Short Land Pattern Socket Bayonet for Weapon No. 15, Company 1



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English Flat Blade Socket Bayonet from Birmingham

c. 1700 - 1720(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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English Early Land Pattern “Shield” Socket Bayonet from Birminghamc. 1720 - 1730

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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English Socket Bayonetc. 1730 - 1800

(New Hampshire Historical Society)


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English Early Land Pattern “Removed Shield” Socket Bayonet from Birmingham

c. 1730 - 1740(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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English Carbine “Shield” Socket Bayonet from Birminghamc. 1740 - 1750



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English Socket Bayonet Marked for the 28th Regiment of Foot, 8th Company, No. 30c. 1745

(Private Collection)


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English Socket Bayonet

Socket Marked “33”(Cowan’s Auctions)


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Pre- 1750(College Hill Arsenal)


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English Socket Bayonetc. 1750

(www.cutandparry.com)

http://www.cutandparry.com/


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English “Pattern 1756” Carbine Socket Bayonet from Birminghamc. 1755 - 1756



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English Artillery & Highlanders Carbine Socket Bayonet from Birminghamc. 1755 - 1760



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Three English Socket Bayonets1. Length: 22” Overall, Marked with Crown over 40

2. Fusil Bayonet 16 3/4” Overall, Blade Marked “KW&AIS.Bo--ICH” 3. Length: 20 3/4” Overall Marked with Crown

(Bonhams)


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English Socket Bayonet Marked to H.M. 17th Regiment of Foot(Photograph Courtesy Don Troiani)


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English Land Pattern Socket Bayonet13 1/2 “ Blade



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AmericanSocket Bayonets


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American Socket Bayonet

c. 1750 - 1795(New Hampshire Historical Society)


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American (?)Bayonetc. 1777 - 1783



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c. 1770 - 1780(Ralph E. Cobb)


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c. 1760 - 1780(Wilhelms West)


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American Socket Bayonetc. 1760 - 1780

(Wilhelms West)


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(Wilhelms West)


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(Wilhelms West)


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(Ralph E. Cobb)


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American Fusil or Fowler Socket Bayonetc. 1775 - 1780



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American Socket Bayonet Copied from the English Patternc. 1775 - 1780



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American Socket Bayonet Copied from the English PatternMarked “No. 3” c. 1775 - 1780



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American Copy of British Socket Bayonet American Fusil Socket Bayonet

American Copy of French Model 1728 Socket Bayonet(Cowan’s Auctions)


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(College Hill Arsenal)


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Eckfelt Committee of Safety Socket BayonetBase Stamped “US” and “Eckfelt”

(Cowan’s Auctions)


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American Blacksmith Made “Committee of Safety” Socket Bayonetc. 1770 - 1780

(Paul M. Ambrose Military Antiques)


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American Made Dutch Style Socket Bayonet

18th Century(College Hill Arsenal)


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American Made Dutch Style Socket Bayonet18th Century



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American Made Dutch Style Socket Bayonet18th Century



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American Blacksmith Made Copy of a British Socket Bayonetc. 1770 - 1780

(Ralph E. Cobb)


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American Blacksmith Made Copy of a British Socket Bayonetc. 1770 - 1780

(Ralph E. Cobb)


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Bayonet Found on the Battlefield of Guilford CourthouseBlade Marked “A” & “6” - Socket Marked “GN23”

(Guilford Courthouse National Military Park)


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Committee of Safety BayonetMarked “SC NO. 1”

(Don Troiani)


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American Made Copy of a German Carbine Socket Bayonet18th Century



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A Damaged American Socket Bayonet Converted into a SpearRecovered at Fort Ticonderoga c. 1777

(Fort Ticonderoga)


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American Double Mortise Cut Turn Screw Socket Bayonet for Fusilc. 1750 - 1775



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American Socket Bayonet for a Fowler or Fusilc. 1775 - 1783

(Skinner)


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“Point of Fork Arsenal” Socket Bayonet from Fluvanna County, Virginiac. 1780 - 1800



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American Socket Bayonetc. 2nd Half 18th Century



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American Socket Bayonet by William Rose11” Blade



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American Socket Bayonet Marked “US”14 3/8” Blade



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American 1781 Contract Socket Bayonet by William Rose14” Blade



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American Socket Bayonet with 9” Blade18th Century



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Provincial Bayonet



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Provincial Bayonet



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Provincial Bayonet



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FrenchSocket Bayonets


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French “Solid Bladed” Socket Bayonetc. 1715 - 1735



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French “1716 Contract” Socket Bayonetc. 1715 - 1740



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French or European Socket Bayonet with Spring Clip and Knife Bladec. 1740 -1770



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1728 French Socket BayonetStamped “US” on the Flat Side of the Blade

(Guilford Courthouse National Military Park)


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French “Model 1754” Style Cadet or O!cer’s Fusil Bayonetc. 1770

(Ralph E. Cobb)


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French “Model 1754” Style Cadet or O!cer’s Fusil Bayonetc. 1770

(Ralph E. Cobb)


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French “Model 1763” Socket Bayonet with New Hampshire Battalion Markingsc. 1763 - 1768



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French “Model 1763” Socket Bayonet with “US” Surchargec. 1763 - 1769



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French “Model 1777” Socket BayonetPossibly by Klingenthal Arsenal c. 1777 - 1800



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French (?) Socket Bayonet Model 1717(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)


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DutchSocket Bayonets


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Dutch Flat Blade Bayonetc. 1740 - 1760



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Dutch Flat Blade Bayonetc. 1740 - 1760



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Dutch - Germanic Socket BayonetSimilar Examples Have Been Recovered at Both 7 Years War & War for American Independence Sites



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Dutch - Germanic Socket Bayonet18th Century



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GermanSocket Bayonets


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Liege / German Land Pattern Contract Bayonet for British UseMarked “IOH GILL” with a Crown / 29 “RW”



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German - Prussian Styled Socket Bayonet Patterned After the Prussian “Model 1740” BayonetCaptured at Bennington in 1777 and Donated to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by General John Stark

c. 1750 - 1780

(Massachusetts State Archives)


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German Socket Bayonetc. 1740 - 1780

(Skinner)


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German - Prussian Styled Socket Bayonet Patterned After the Prussian “Model 1740” Bayonetc. 1750 - 1780



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Hessian Bayonetc. 1750 - 1780



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British Government Cartridge Box, Bayonet Frog & Waistbelt

(Don Troiani)


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British Government Cartridge Box, Bayonet Frog & Waistbelt

(Don Troiani)


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British Ordnance Bayonet Scabbardc. 1750 - 1770



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English Bayonet Scabbardc. 1750

(Information Courtesy Jonathan Hayes)


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English Bayonet Scabbard1784



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English Carbine Bayonet Scabbardc. 1750



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English Bayonet Frogc. 1750 - 1790



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Waistbelt PlateH.M. 38th Regiment of Foot



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British Waistbelt



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Bayonet Scabbard Attributed to Colonel David Fanning

(Admiral Digby Museum)


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Double Frame Buckle Excavated at Fort Ticonderoga(Fort Ticonderoga)


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Oval Double Frame Buckle Excavated at Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix, National Park Service)


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Rectangular Double Frame Buckle Excavated at Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix, National Park Service)


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Rectangular Double Frame Buckle Excavated at Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix, National Park Service)


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Double Frame Buckle Excavated at Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix, National Park Service)


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Single Frame Buckle Excavated at Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix, National Park Service)


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AmericanBayonet Carriages


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American Waistbelt with Bayonet Frog & Remnant of Riveted Bayonet Frogc. 1775 - 1783

(Don Troiani)


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(Don Troiani)


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(Don Troiani)


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(Don Troiani)


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American Bayonet Shoulder Carriagec. 1775 - 1783

(Don Troiani)


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American Socket Bayonet with Belt Frog & Scabbardc. 1775 - 1783



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Linen Webbing Bayonet Belts with Leather Scabbards(Estate of Tom Wnuck)


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Leather Waist Belt Bayonet FrogLinen Webbing Bayonet Belting with Leather Scabbards

(Estate of Tom Wnuck)


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American Bayonet CarriageReported to Have Been Owned by General Artemas Ward

Late 18th Century(Artemas Ward Homestead - Harvard University Library)


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Leather Bayonet Carriagec. 1775 - 1780

(Don Troiani)


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American Socket Bayonet with Leather Carriagec. 1775 - 1780

(Colonel J. Craig Nannos Collection - Photograph by Andrew Watson Kirk)


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(Private Collection - Photograph by Andrew Watson Kirk)


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American Socket Bayonet with Bu" Leather Carriagec. 1775 - 1780



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American Socket Bayonet with Bu" Leather Carriagec. 1775 - 1780



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American Socket Bayonet with Re- Used Riveted British Leather Frog & Linen Webbing Carriagec. 1775 - 1780

(Don Troiani)


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(Don Troiani)


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(Don Troiani)


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American Socket Bayonet with Leather Frog & Linen Webbing Carriagec. 1775 - 1780



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Belt Plate for the “U.S.A.” Corps of Light InfantryGiven to the Corps. by Lafayette

Found in the Hudson Highlands, New Yorkc. 1780 - 1783

(Don Troiani Collection)

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