Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Sawback Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard German Edged Weapons Overall length is 9 3/4

Overall length is 9 3/4 inches with a 5 3/4 inch blade

Overall condition is just lovely

as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks)

The squadron photographed 8 of the 11 Metz forts & photographed everything on the surface of the ground

500 flying personnel

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Sawback Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard German Edged Weapons Overall length is 9 3/4Original 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