Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Untouched Antique Guns Overall length of the Sword

Overall length of the Sword is 40"

The move was the first in AH's quest for Lebensraum

and retains a lot of the original paint

Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar

5a - arc-shaped I-beam rail of its Foster mount visible

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Untouched Antique Guns Overall length of the SwordOriginal 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