Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked Receivers with a leather covering

with a leather covering

so we are not able to tell when exactly it was made

we can find no issues

When they insisted as to what existed

Controls on the bipod support allowed for an elevation of 45 to 85 degrees with traversal of 6 to 11 degrees

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked Receivers with a leather coveringOriginal 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