Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and WWII Frog German Militaria Two inches of the receiver

Two inches of the receiver were removed and discarded then replaced with bar stock steel

[citation needed] On 8 May 1798 Home Popham led an expedition to Ostend to destroy the sluice gates of the Bruge canal

Comes complete with a post-war repainted basket belt drum

as well as 72

All it has is runner wear

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and WWII Frog German Militaria Two inches of the receiverOriginal 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