Original German WWI S.1898 n/A Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Matching Number Scabbard - c.1909 Flintlock Pistols Badges were made of pressed

Badges were made of pressed steel

This is just about the very last British Boat Gun Model of the romantic seafaring age of fighting Pirates and Privateers

Inside is a fine dark leather liner that shows only light use

New Made Item: Steel reproduction of the small inner shield for connecting the main shield to the German WWI MG 08 Maxim Machine Gun Sled Mount as well as the heavy main shield which measures approximately 27" x 23"

The tops are embossed:

Original German WWI S.1898 n/A Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Matching Number Scabbard - c.1909 Flintlock Pistols Badges were made of pressedOriginal 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