Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1906 with Scabbard - Regiment Marked Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Barrel Length: 20 Inches

Barrel Length: 20 Inches

Scout was one of the most important and treacherous jobs during WW2

- Original WWII dog tags named to A

- Maker signed blade tang

This is a very nice musket with an outstanding wood stock of very well patterned hardwood

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1906 with Scabbard - Regiment Marked Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Barrel Length: 20 InchesOriginal 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