Original German WWI M1898 Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 French Holster Additional marks of interest include

Additional marks of interest include inspectors' and proof marks around the breech end of the barrel: a capital R on top

but the 87th Heavy Ponton Co

2 cm (2 in) by

The crossguard also shows some of the original plating

At the close of WW2 with Germany defeated Finland was highly penalized by the Soviet Union

Original German WWI M1898 Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 French Holster Additional marks of interest includeOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted the long model 1898 Seitengewehr (side gun), or bayonet, which 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 WW1 in 1914