U.S. M1 Garand Rifle Bayonet (M-1942) Short Version 10" Bayonets with a 14 inch sawback

with a 14 inch sawback blade

This could indicate the battalion and/or brigade that this was issued to

British military ordnance marked binoculars clearly marked on right side:

the blimps of USN Blimp Squadron 14 (ZP-14 or Blimpron 14) conducted night-time anti-submarine warfare (ASW) to search for German U-boats around the Strait of Gibraltar using magnetic anomaly detection (MAD)

but these are rarely encountered

U.S. M1 Garand Rifle Bayonet (M-1942) Short Version 10" Bayonets with a 14 inch sawbackNew Made Item: Part the new IMA COLLECTOR GRADE SERIES our highest quality reproduction class. The M1 Garand rifle was first issued with M1905 16" bayonet. In 1942 the U. S. Military determined that a shorter bayonet was more useful. Existing stocks of M1905 bayonets were cut down to 10". In addition, new manufacture 10" bayonets were also produced. Cut off bayonets have fuller that extends to the point and new manufacture has fullers that stop about