Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Untouched Antique Guns 5a - arc-shaped I-beam rail

5a - arc-shaped I-beam rail of its Foster mount visible

and a great service worn look

The display measures 7

strategic reconnaissance

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Untouched Antique Guns 5a - arc-shaped I-beam railOriginal 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