Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet dated 1904 with Scabbard and Frog - Regiment Marked Japanese Military Maps Intended for Sporting use

Intended for Sporting use

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The leather of the frog even has an original Waffenamt inspection mark

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Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet dated 1904 with Scabbard and Frog - Regiment Marked Japanese Military Maps Intended for Sporting useOriginal 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