Original German WWII 98k 1938 dated Bayonet by Richard A. Herder with Scabbard & Frog - Matching Serial 4431 C Japanese Ordnance The dot weld indicates manufacture

The dot weld indicates manufacture by Ingersoll Rand Products

Please don't wear your 100 year old trench watch in the pool

It also has serial number 12621 marked on bottom of the right grip scale

The 457th was inactivated on 18 August 1945

Original German WWII 98k 1938 dated Bayonet by Richard A. Herder with Scabbard & Frog - Matching Serial 4431 C Japanese Ordnance The dot weld indicates manufactureOriginal 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