Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard DP-28 LMG Additional marks of interest include

Additional marks of interest include inspectors' and proof marks around the breech end of the barrel: An A over the chamber

It is possible it was bright steel originally

It had become increasingly apparent that the basic sesquiplane "v-strut" layout was approaching the limits of its development

Dorsetshire was then ordered to finish Bismarck off with torpedoes

- Inside the jacket written in ink is LENAZ 42003830

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard DP-28 LMG Additional marks of interest includeOriginal 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