Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - Unmarked MG 42 when the tabs were removed

when the tabs were removed from the pattern to save time and leather

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The interior is lined in soft black fabric

At this strip can only be pushed in one direction

The projectile appears to have been added to the casing at one point

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - Unmarked MG 42 when the tabs were removedOriginal 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