Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout The German wartime three letter

The German wartime three letter code dkl stands for Josef Schneider & Co

The stock however has had the entire front half replaced at some point

which allows it to be inserted into the buttonhole on a jacket lapel

We photographed a typical example but no two will be exactly alike

One of these was the Brandt 60mm pneumatic mortar which was a tube connected to pressurized tanks which was developed in 1915 by the Brandt company

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout The German wartime three letterOriginal 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 bayonet's 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