Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by W.K. & C. with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1902 French Machine Guns as fixed and synchronized cowling

as fixed and synchronized cowling guns firing through the propeller

The blade shows overall light oxidation and speckling due to use and age

The marking is a bit faded

Serial number on the receiver is #529641 with a government inspector SWP 1891 cartouche indicating final inspection in 1891

This wonderful short musket was made in Belgium in 1811 a year before Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France who then controlled most of Continental Europe embarked on his extraordinary invasion of Russia in 1812

Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by W.K. & C. with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1902 French Machine Guns as fixed and synchronized cowlingOriginal 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