Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt with Steel Scabbard - Dated 1902 IMA Merchandise Original Item: This Laufschutzer holds

Original Item: This Laufschutzer holds the barrel and extractor with a padded end cap and leather strap

each of about 200 men

On the night of 6/7 October 1918

000 prisoners

The 401st Bombardment Group was activated March 1943 at Ephrata Army Air Base Washington

Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt with Steel Scabbard - Dated 1902 IMA Merchandise Original Item: This Laufschutzer holdsOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted this long bayonet which 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 WW1 in 1914 this Gew 98 long bayonet was the norm. This fine