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Also one of the two rectangular loops connecting the chin strap to the top straps was replaced with twine
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Post war manufacture on WW2 era machines
Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson dated 1903 with Scabbard, Frog & Troddel - Saxony Marked Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia Also one of the twoOriginal 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
