Original Imperial German WWI Cutdown Kurzes Seitengewehr M1898/05 Dress Bayonet by WKC Turned into Fighting Knife with Scabbard & Frog French Machine Guns The sweatband is faux leather

The sweatband is faux leather similar to oilcloth

The helmet has an excellent internal wiring loom with jack plug and a pair of type C-3 10A/3698 receivers

ranges in excess of 300 yards

The buttons at the top have also become somewhat loose

as these were often buffed at the factory to give them a great luster

Original Imperial German WWI Cutdown Kurzes Seitengewehr M1898/05 Dress Bayonet by WKC Turned into Fighting Knife with Scabbard & Frog French Machine Guns The sweatband is faux leatherOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the rare Kurzes Seitengewehr (Short Sidearm) M1898 Dress Bayonet which has had the blade cutdown into a bowie style to be used as a fighting knife, with the scabbard being similarly cut down. This was done almost professionally, with the blade looking as if it left the factory this way, with only a bit of the nickel plating being absent. Intended for use on the Mauser GEW 98 rifle, the