Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet by WKC with Scabbard Lock Assembly employees of the State Security

employees of the State Security Committee of the USSR

1941 in Wausau Wisconsin

-  Holes in the tang are punched and not drilled

above serial number 484558

The mechanism proved to be delicate and fouled easily with mud and debris

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet by WKC with Scabbard Lock Assembly employees of the State SecurityOriginal 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