Original German WWI Rare M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by W.K. & C. with Saxony Markings - dated 1902 Category_Receiver thus each bullet saw dual

thus each bullet saw dual use - first as a breech gas seal

with advertisements in sporting magazines and posters in sporting goods stores

broader blade with a rounded or semi-pointed tip and is intended to be used

hand peened rivets for fastening a carrying strap

Original German WWI Rare M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by W.K. & C. with Saxony Markings - dated 1902 Category_Receiver thus each bullet saw dualOriginal 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