Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and Leather Frog German Mauser 98k K98 This is a fantastic BATF

This is a fantastic BATF compliant non-firing display M3 Grease Gun built using a 50% solid steel receiver along with genuine WWII parts

though there is light oxidation in a few places

but fashioned to look intentional

He wore the jacket to dinner with General Stilwell the next day

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and Leather Frog German Mauser 98k K98 This is a fantastic BATFOriginal 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