Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Sawback Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard German Edged Weapons but they never helped the

but they never helped the cause

Overall condition is just lovely

500 flying personnel

the III Corps was discontinued

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Sawback Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard German Edged Weapons but they never helped theOriginal 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