Original German WWII Lot of 3 K98 Bayonets with Scabbards - (2) Military Issue & (1) Fireman's Dress Spanish Artillery 12 - 8 - 1943

12 - 8 - 1943 - 9 - 4 - 46

the dispersal code for the Elkington Company

As numerous nations fell beneath the Iron Curtain

In this case it was a black painted award für Witwen und Eltern (for Widows and Parents)

Original German WWII Lot of 3 K98 Bayonets with Scabbards - (2) Military Issue & (1) Fireman's Dress Spanish Artillery 12 - 8 - 1943Original 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. The total length of the K98 bayonet