Original German WWII 98k Bayonet by Berg & Co. Turned Fighting Knife with Shortened Scabbard - Dated 1939 German Luger Field Order No

Field Order No

The face of the button is all white with a black “rocker” at the bottom and features the words NAVY YARD / 31 / PEARL HARBOR

and served on the Hoelscher Committee and the Howze Board

This is one of the very few that was made during the WWI period and has the Cypher of George V on it

Shank’s wartime service was over on a fateful day in April of 1945

Original German WWII 98k Bayonet by Berg & Co. Turned Fighting Knife with Shortened Scabbard - Dated 1939 German Luger Field Order NoOriginal 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. This particular example has been cut