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Overall Length: 15 3/4 inches
showing rounding on the grooves
The scabbard is black finished wood and is contained in a standard WWII type leather field cover
The Trousers have all the original buttons and ink stamps inside the waistband
Just as we stepped outside our apartment an aerial bomb exploded nearby
Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt Dated 1907 with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Field Gear Overall Length: 15 3/4 inchesOriginal 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
