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 made from genuine parts set

made from genuine parts set reassembled onto a non-firing BATF compliant new made steel display receiver

needed for aluminum sheeting in aircraft production

Overall condition shows service wear with a lovely patina

in addition to either monobloc (made from a single forging) or replaceable liner construction of the barrel

A platoon sized paratrooper element came to support F Company

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 made from genuine parts setOriginal 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