Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and WWII Frog German Militaria along with the size and

along with the size and date:

and the wear marks suggest that this did not have a protective felt covering on the back at any time recently

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[citation needed] On 8 May 1798 Home Popham led an expedition to Ostend to destroy the sluice gates of the Bruge canal

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and WWII Frog German Militaria along with the size andOriginal 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