Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Sawback Bayonet by Erfurt dated 1906 with Scabbard - Regiment Marked Russian Field Gear the blade being 39" long

the blade being 39" long with a now rounded tip from wear

He was brought home after the war ended

The underside of the guard is marked with rack number 2 5 M / 3

Another problem was that the magazine was also sometimes misused as a handhold

Stevenson was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Sawback Bayonet by Erfurt dated 1906 with Scabbard - Regiment Marked Russian Field Gear the blade being 39" longOriginal 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