Original German WWI Cut Down M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard MG 34 Ammo Storage of the reason it was

of the reason it was made

and possibly issued for the P-1853 Enfield

other volunteer air raid groups were soon forced to merge with the RLB

with the nickel plating intact

The blades of knives were marked with designations to identify which service they were issued to

Original German WWI Cut Down M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard MG 34 Ammo Storage of the reason it wasOriginal 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