Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1901 Category_Water Jacket Assembly Constructed of polished leather with

Constructed of polished leather with chrome/nickel mounts the belt comes with a plain unadorned buckle plate and has two substantial matching sword mounting straps that "appear" from under the tunic of the Trooper

Readings are taken from a vernier scale

Arms and Armour

IMA has unwittingly come into some new made Military Bagpipes

He fought in some of the most well known battles of WW2

Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1901 Category_Water Jacket Assembly Constructed of polished leather withOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted this long 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 this Gew 98 long bayonet was the norm. This fine