Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1906 with Scabbard - Regiment Marked Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets though most of the proofs

though most of the proofs are still visible

- Maker signed blade tang

During the night of 4 June

30 Ammunition Box early in WW2

It seems that proprietary cartridges were all the rage among the trendier nations back then

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1906 with Scabbard - Regiment Marked Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets though most of the proofsOriginal 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