Original German WWI M1898 Seitengewehr Long Sawback Bayonet with Scabbard and Frog Brown Bess Musket Parts (Please get the ribbons right)

(Please get the ribbons right)

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A nice well presented trench map in truly excellent condition

Unfortunately Lt O'Brien was missing

The exploded view drawings and the monochrome photograph are from U

Original German WWI M1898 Seitengewehr Long Sawback Bayonet with Scabbard and Frog Brown Bess Musket Parts (Please get the ribbons right)Original Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new shorter Mauser bolt action infantry rifle, the Military adopted a new long bayonet which 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 WW1 in 1914 this Gew 98 long sawback bayonet was the