Original German WWI M1898 n/A Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 Antique Percussion Firearms From 1911 onwards

From 1911 onwards

Other officers stand around watching through field glasses

with some of the men having ridden an estimated 160 miles (260 km) in 49 hours

though they do show wear on the aluminum fittings

- Airborne Camouflage Silk Scarf

Original German WWI M1898 n/A Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 Antique Percussion Firearms From 1911 onwardsOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted the long model 1898 Seitengewehr (side gun), or bayonet, which 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 WW1 in 1914