Original German WWI M1898 Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 U.S. Machine Guns This was the ammunition used

This was the ammunition used by the Springfield Model 1855

made of lacquered polished brass

and other hardened targets

as well as the first U

In great condition for 150 years of age

Original German WWI M1898 Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 U.S. Machine Guns This was the ammunition usedOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted the long model 1898 Seitengewehr (side gun), or 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