Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1904 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout (We were escorting the USS

(We were escorting the USS George Washington on the way back

Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning GCVO

12:00 noon on a 24 hour dial looks like 6:00 on a 12-hour dial

Features the classic front sight and buck horn rear sight

Ours is marked M

Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1904 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout (We were escorting the USSOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted this long bayonet which 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 WW1 in 1914 this Gew 98 long bayonet was the norm. This fine