Name:	Imperial M4 Plastic Handle Bayonet
Value:	$35 - 55*   *Value Help*
Total Length:	11 1/4"
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Info:	The blade does not have the 90-degree back cut to it.  It has the 1944-45 production style guard which is  secured by a bent  metal bar passing through the tang.    It does have  the cherry bomb ordnance mark next to the brand stamping. The one plastic grips has the numbers "7266827    H4" molded in while the other has the backward 5.  I do not believe these to be the original grips.  They are held together by two half threaded screws.  The latch plate has the SP stamp on it along with the   "5  4  A.  The latch plate uses solid pins to hold the  latch plates in place.
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Plastic Handle

Name:	Imperial M4 Plastic Handle Bayonet
Value:	$35 - 55*   *Value Help*
Total Length:	11 1/4"
Production Period:	circa 1954 or a little later
Info:	This was a rare find by Lou. Its a plastic grip handled by Imperial.  But it does not have the ordinance bomb on it, and it has the rare I in a circle on the latch plate.   "It also has the wider guard adopted in 1951, and the Eagle and Stars acceptance mark if it is the same as mine from that contract.  Would have had the plastic grips originally, marked with the part numbers 7266827 and 7266828 molded in. Surprisingly hard to find, much harder than the TMN, which leads me to believe they may have either been made in much smaller quantity or were actually made for another nation< under an aid program contract. " Thanks to Frank Trzaska for this info
Pictures:	Thanks to Lou Cioffioni for the picture
This stamp is under the makers  name.  However this photo came from the Turner model.

Leather Handle

Name:	Imperial M4 Leather Handle Bayonet
Value:	$75 - 110*   *Value Help*
Total Length:	??
Production Period:	??
Info:	The blade has a 90-degree back cut to it.  It has the 1944-45 production style guard. It has  the cherry bomb ordnance mark next to the brand stamping. The leather handle has two brown spacers,  one on either end of the stacked leather  washers.   The leather washers has six grooves in it. The latch plate has the Hemphill Company stamp on  it  The latch plate uses solid pins to hold the  latch plates in place.
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Wood Handle

Name:	Imperial M4 Wood Handle Bayonet
Value:	$225 - 275*   *Value Help*
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Rubber Handle

Name:	Imperial M4 Rubber Handle Bayonet
Value:	$225 - 275*   *Value Help*
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Aluminum Handle

Name:	Imperial M4 Aluminum Handle Bayonet
Value:	$225 - 275*   *Value Help*
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* Price indicates that it is from: U.S. Military Knives, Bayonets and Machetes Price Guide, Fourth Edition