Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1903 with Steel Scabbard - Saxony Marked MG 34 Feed Assembly The plastic butt cap is

The plastic butt cap is in great shape

It bears the original label in the neck and a wonderful embroidered Indianhead 2nd Infantry Division patch on the left shoulder

the Aid Station was bombed by German aircraft with two direct hits being scored on the Station itself

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Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1903 with Steel Scabbard - Saxony Marked MG 34 Feed Assembly The plastic butt cap isOriginal 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