Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard German Field Equipment It has a deep red

It has a deep red canvas cross and is stitched along entire length of the band and around the ends

In 1898 the 21st Lancers served in Sudan during the Mahdist War

It was a steam-powered design

this is a fine original Zulu War Club known as a Knobkerrie

A most unusual fighting sword fabulously gold inlaid

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by C.G. Haenel dated 1907 with Leather Scabbard German Field Equipment It has a deep redOriginal 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