Original Jack the Ripper Police Inspector Edmund Reid Cased Set Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Markings vary but all bayonets

Markings vary but all bayonets will bear British makers and dates

British Issue Martini Henry 3rd Model Brass Muzzle and Foresight Cover (without hole for cleaning rod)

Model 1860 U

the hammer had to be manually cocked in a separate action

Original Jack the Ripper Police Inspector Edmund Reid Cased Set Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Markings vary but all bayonetsOriginal Item: One of a kind Set. This appears to be one man's history in a box. From humble beginnings, Inspector Edmund Reid born 1846 was a grocer's delivery boy in London, a pastry cook, and a ship's steward before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1872, with the Warrant no. 56100. PC P478. Reid was then the shortest man in the force at 5 feet 6 inches tall. In 1874 he transferred to the CID as a detective in P Division, and was promoted to Third