Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet dated 1904 with Scabbard and Frog - Regiment Marked P-1853 Enfield The Kurikata (knob) of the

The Kurikata (knob) of the scabbard has unfortunately been broken and reset

also known as the "Blue and Gray Division" was formed in 1917

Army Captain and Green Beret Steven M

- Declared obsolete in May 1944 in favor of the Panzerfaust

They helped to form Task Force Polk

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet dated 1904 with Scabbard and Frog - Regiment Marked P-1853 Enfield The Kurikata (knob) of theOriginal 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