Barbed wire cutter for the English Lee Enfield rifle. Barbed wire cutter for SMLE, except error model N°4 Mk I. Attached to the end of the rifle fitted with its bayonet, the bayonet is passed under the barbed wire, forward, the wire is guided to the device, then continuing to push forward, the device pivots backwards and the jaws tighten to cut the wire. Most of those found in good condition are copies. Field object, oxidation, seized mechanism, no visible markings. British Barbed Wire Cutter for the Lee Enfield RifleDevice fitted to the muzzle of the SMLE rifle with bayonet attached, allowing the wire to be guided into the jaws and cut by forward thrust. Most surviving examples are reproductions, this is an original battlefield relic showing oxidation and seized mechanism. No visible markings.