Original German WWI M1898 Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 Stocks An early authentic Air Raid

An early authentic Air Raid warning rattle from the London's Blitz

excellent unmodified blade

The pelisse was usually worn slung over the left shoulder

a major who was a brevet colonel collected the pay of a major

Original German WWI M1898 Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Leather Scabbard - c.1909 Stocks An early authentic Air RaidOriginal 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