General Service (Mark II) bayonet frog : British and colonial forces

Buff leather General Service (Mark II) bayonet frog (described in List of Changes 9985 6 October 1899). The frog is made from two pieces of leather: the loop which passes over the belt, and the front of the frog. It measures 9 1/2 inches (240 mm) in length. The pieces of the frog are secured with stitching along each side of the front of the frog. A small buff leather strap with brass buckle and keeper lies across the top of the front for securing the bayonet and is reinforced at each end with a tinned copper rivet and washer. The loop part is secured with four tinned copper rivets and washers with two more at the bottom corners of the frog. The cut for the bayonet stub is of a circular shape with a straight vertical cut above. The back of the frog is stamped with ink markings that are illegible. Residual of the original pipeclay coating is present.

In 1899 a new frog was introduced to carry the Pattern 1888 bayonet. At 9.5 inches (240mm) it was slightly longer than the previous General Service pattern with longer loops to fit the belts more easily. Further modifications were made to the General Service pattern in 1914 to force the scabbard further out causing a sharper curve in the front section allowing the Pattern 1907 quillon to clear the leather.