Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1903 with Steel Scabbard - Saxony Marked MG 34 Feed Assembly Captain Lawrence Leeds

Captain Lawrence Leeds

and was the successor type to the larger Colt Third Model Dragoon horse pistol

The plastic butt cap is in great shape

with some dents and scratches showing typical wear

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Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. dated 1903 with Steel Scabbard - Saxony Marked MG 34 Feed Assembly Captain Lawrence LeedsOriginal 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