Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. Schilling of Suhl Dated 1906 with Leather Scabbard - Scabbard Regiment Marked Books & Films so this is an early

so this is an early helmet that saw long service during the war

In 1876 they were posted to Poona

employed with the radio range system in aircraft that needed to be moved from one place to another but had yet to have a radio compliment installed

and is marked with a 61

they would make all of us stand out in the cold in sub-zero temperatures for a day or more at a time for roll call

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. Schilling of Suhl Dated 1906 with Leather Scabbard - Scabbard Regiment Marked Books & Films so this is an earlyOriginal 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