Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Triple Etched Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles 303 cal model Bren gun

303 cal model Bren gun

The owner of this jacket is unknown

During World War II the Schwarzlose saw limited action in North Africa as an anti-aircraft weapon in Italian service

It is maker marked on the inner draw of the telescope

The success of German glider-borne forces early in World War II catapulted the Air Corps into a glider program in February 1941

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Triple Etched Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles 303 cal model Bren gunOriginal 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