WW1 GERMAN M1898 98/05 "High Ear" Sawback Butcher Bayonet & Scabbard by V.C Shilling Vinyl Record Civil War soldier photographed sitting

Civil War soldier photographed sitting in coat and kepi / Sixth plate size / Patriotic matting “Union 76-61”

Constructed on a light brown backer bearing a machine embroidered yellow eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

S Civil War M-1832 this specimen

Overall Length 10-3/4”

The round shaped obverse depicts a man’s portrait/bust that has a tack hammer to the left and a sickle to the right

WW1 GERMAN M1898 98/05 "High Ear" Sawback Butcher Bayonet & Scabbard by V.C Shilling Vinyl Record Civil War soldier photographed sittingWW1 German Model 1898 05 (SCARCE) SAWBACK bayonet by V. C Shilling Dated 1915 Made illegal for use by the Germans All sawback bayonets that continued to be used had their teeth ground down to make them more humane (Surviving original examples like this are scarce and hard to find) Any soldier caught carrying a sawback bayonet would have to suffer the consequences Size 19 3 4 inches overall with a blade length of 14 2 4 inches Two or three small dents