Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard - Kaiserliche Marine Regiment Marked Matrosen Artillerie Abteilung British Documents & Books It was repainted after removal

It was repainted after removal

the United States Army Medical Department introduced a series of Motor Vehicle First-Aid Kits

this firm used this trademark only on early SA and NSKK daggers

built in 1883 with Assembly Number 2460 on loading gate

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard - Kaiserliche Marine Regiment Marked Matrosen Artillerie Abteilung British Documents & Books It was repainted after removalOriginal 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