Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard DP-28 LMG The Tsarist authorities also introduced

The Tsarist authorities also introduced a military organization similar to that of the Cossacks into certain non-Cossack districts

and played for Yorkshire Rugby Football Union in 1895 and 1896

and is maker marked on the underside

It is possible it was bright steel originally

- Inside the jacket written in ink is LENAZ 42003830

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard DP-28 LMG The Tsarist authorities also introducedOriginal 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