Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel Dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard - Marked to 141st Infantry Regiment German Ordnance Overall condition shows service wear

Overall condition shows service wear with a lovely patina

Offered in various colors

CROWN CORK & SEAL CO

needed for aluminum sheeting in aircraft production

an element established towards the end of the war

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel Dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard - Marked to 141st Infantry Regiment German Ordnance Overall condition shows service wearOriginal 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