Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and Leather Frog German Mauser 98k K98 He wore the jacket to

He wore the jacket to dinner with General Stilwell the next day

8 meters and a total weight of 3

bomb-shaped device 3 inches in diameter and 15 or 21 inches long (D and E size

size 6 3/4

This Glider Pilot's Dagger has never been cleaned and remains in fine

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and Leather Frog German Mauser 98k K98 He wore the jacket toOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted this long bayonet, the Seitengewehr (Sidearm) M1898. This longer bayonet gave an Infantryman the ability to bring a Cavalryman down from his horse, due to the bayonets long reach. Of course Cavalry was soon becoming a thing of the past and these long bayonets were being surpassed by different and shorter versions. At the start of WWI in 1914