Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel Dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard - Marked to 141st Infantry Regiment Category_Martini-Henry Accessories Alleged by the Germans to

Alleged by the Germans to have been a deliberate act

2nd Infantry Regiment

- One size 44" WW2 USMC US Marine Corps P41 USMC Combat Uniform Field Utility Jacket in Olive Drab

though it does look to have gotten some oxidation

There is a single wooden mekugi (peg) holding the handle on

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel Dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard - Marked to 141st Infantry Regiment Category_Martini-Henry Accessories Alleged by the Germans toOriginal 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