Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt Dated 1907 with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Field Gear one of which still has

one of which still has the original spring clip attached

The scabbard is black finished wood and is contained in a standard WWII type leather field cover

Just as we stepped outside our apartment an aerial bomb exploded nearby

This proved a solution to a non-existent problem and was dropped from future Russian designs

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt Dated 1907 with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Field Gear one of which still hasOriginal 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