Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked Receivers It measures 12 1/4 inches

It measures 12 1/4 inches tall

By the early 1870s

with the order of march the division artillery

When they insisted as to what existed

Controls on the bipod support allowed for an elevation of 45 to 85 degrees with traversal of 6 to 11 degrees

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked Receivers It measures 12 1/4 inchesOriginal 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