Original German WWII 98k 1942 dated Bayonet by E. & F. Hörster with Scabbard & Frog - Matching Serial 7815 Original Machine Guns The forestock shows a couple

The forestock shows a couple of cracks

The top of the frame is very faintly marked:

Like most Austrian arms

at which point he was repatriated to England

although this practice was not universal

Original German WWII 98k 1942 dated Bayonet by E. & F. Hörster with Scabbard & Frog - Matching Serial 7815 Original Machine Guns The forestock shows a coupleOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1935 the German military introduced the K98k bolt action rifle or Karabiner 98 Kurz, as a replacement for the older GEW98 or Gewehr 98. A new, shorter bayonet was designed to go along with the shortened rifle. The K98 bayonet was officially named Seitengewehr 84 98 III or SG 84 98 III. The bayonet was designed as a close combat sidearm that could be placed on the tip of a K98. The total length of the K98 bayonet