Original Excellent German WWII 1938 dated 98k Bayonet by Mundlos AG - Matching Serial 5238 s NATION Helgoland was ceded to Great

Helgoland was ceded to Great Britain at the end of the war and broken up for scrap in the early 1920s

Blade length is 21 1/2" with an overall length of 25"

NOTE: Original post war cardboard Ericsson marked transport box no longer available

This was very unfortunate for the officers

The division's first two combat operations were parachute assaults into Sicily on 9 July and Salerno on 13 September 1943

Original Excellent German WWII 1938 dated 98k Bayonet by Mundlos AG - Matching Serial 5238 s NATION Helgoland was ceded to GreatOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1935 the German military introduced the K98k bolt action rifle or Karabiner 98 Kurz, as a replacement for the older GEW98 or Gewehr 98. A new, shorter bayonet was designed to go along with the shortened rifle. The K98 bayonet was officially named Seitengewehr 84 98 III or SG 84 98 III. The bayonet was designed as a close combat sidearm that could be placed on the tip of a K98. The total length of the K98 bayonet