Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked DP-28 LMG measuring a nice displayable 28"

measuring a nice displayable 28" x 43"

so this cap was on display for many years

with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping

as in the Confederacy

in which it was one of the two US Army II Corps divisions (the other being the US 27th Division) to break the Hindenburg Line in the Battle of St

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked DP-28 LMG measuring a nice displayable 28"Original 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