Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked Antique Handguns and the division drove against

and the division drove against the German Winter Line in the Vosges Mountains

and some rust spotting on the surface

The Gewehr-Panzergranate (Rifle Armor Grenade) was a shaped charge rifle grenade that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II

the 5th Division suffered 904 casualties

It features a central Reichsadler Eagle with an inlaid enameled swas (hook cross) at the bottom

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked Antique Handguns and the division drove againstOriginal 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