Original German WWII 98k 1940-Dated Bayonet by Jetter and Scheerer with Mismatched Scabbard & Frog Antique Wheellock Firearms and there are stitch marks

and there are stitch marks along the edge

Scabbard is of the same gilt brass as well as a nickel plated steel body that shows no tarnishing

- Binder of research which includes dozens of pages of copies of original wartime documents as well as modern research

the light cruiser Houston was torpedoed and heavily damaged

The hamon (temper line) is still faintly visible in one areas of the blade where there is no staining

Original German WWII 98k 1940-Dated Bayonet by Jetter and Scheerer with Mismatched Scabbard & Frog Antique Wheellock Firearms and there are stitch marksOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1935 the German military introduced the K98k bolt action rifle or Karabiner 98 Kurz, as a replacement for the older GEW98 or Gewehr 98. A new, shorter bayonet was designed to go along with the shortened rifle. The K98 bayonet was officially named Seitengewehr 84 98 III or SG 84 98 III. The bayonet was designed as a close combat sidearm that could be placed on the tip of a K98. The total length of the K98 bayonet