Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard German Field Equipment downward scallops to the front

downward scallops to the front and forward sides

Featuring incredible decoration and brass mounts including masked butt caps with long ears up the grip

A most unusual fighting sword fabulously gold inlaid

In 1898 the 21st Lancers served in Sudan during the Mahdist War

This is a post war Royal Air Force Fur Busby Helmet complete with the original light blue feather plume for use by Bandsmen

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard German Field Equipment downward scallops to the frontOriginal 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