Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard MG 34 Accessories Full of research potential

Full of research potential

Bore length: 533 mm (20

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Complete with blaze orange muzzle plug as required by law

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard MG 34 Accessories Full of research potentialOriginal 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