Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Triple Etched Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss This is attached to a

This is attached to a 12" single edged blade with wide fuller

with small areas of staining

they preferred to fight on foot whereas the enemy would get tired faster

Corporation

After a week they relieved the 1/6th Essex and took over the Norfolk Street sector until they were relieved in turn by the 1/4th Norfolk Regiment and returned to the New Bedford Road rest camp on 26 October

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Triple Etched Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss This is attached to aOriginal 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