Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Category_MG 42 Accessories Side 2 is titled: NO

Side 2 is titled: NO

went to Nicaragua in 1929

Many years ago IMA sold ZB 30 Parts Sets and Display Guns and just recently in our recent Warehouse reorganization

It is maker marked with lieferant (supplier) number 4 on the pin

In May 1931

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Category_MG 42 Accessories Side 2 is titled: NOOriginal 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