Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1903 with Steel Scabbard - Saxony Marked MG 34 Feed Assembly Full details of the very

Full details of the very rare Pattern "A" Musket can be found on Pages 97-101 of Volume 2 of David Harding's wonderful Book "SMALLARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 1600-1856" published by Foresight Books in 1997

It bears the original label in the neck and a wonderful embroidered Indianhead 2nd Infantry Division patch on the left shoulder

Captain Lawrence Leeds

In very good overall condition

This is an unusual and rare old Wild West Revolver to find

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1903 with Steel Scabbard - Saxony Marked MG 34 Feed Assembly Full details of the veryOriginal 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