Original German WWII 98k 1940 dated Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard and Frog - Matching Serial 7616 c Restoration Materials but a very few somehow

but a very few somehow escaped the conversion

the men of the 16th Infantry would experience some of the most grueling fighting of the war in the infamous Hürtgen Forest near Aachen

The helmet has been repainted post war in the yellow used by the Norwegian Civil Defense

The rifle has serial number A 55385 on the barrel

Captain Bernard was then ordered to take his command

Original German WWII 98k 1940 dated Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard and Frog - Matching Serial 7616 c Restoration Materials but a very few somehowOriginal 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