Original German Pre-WWII Early Commercial 98k Bayonet by Weyersberg Kirschbaum with Scabbard & Frog Snider Rifle Accessories Fly Whisks such as these

Fly Whisks such as these were issued for use in the Middle Eastern campaigns of WWI

Serial # 285747 with a worn SWP 1884 cartouche

The Massive bore measures over an inch in diameter and takes a one-inch ball wrapped in leather propelled by a substantial charge of black powder

5th Division on Iwo Jima

The unfullered clip-point blade had sawteeth along the spine

Original German Pre-WWII Early Commercial 98k Bayonet by Weyersberg Kirschbaum with Scabbard & Frog Snider Rifle Accessories Fly Whisks such as theseOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1935 the German military introduced the K98k bolt action rifle or Karabiner 98 Kurz, as a replacement for the older GEW98 or Gewehr 98. A new, shorter bayonet was designed to go along with the shortened rifle. The K98 bayonet was officially named Seitengewehr 84 98 III or SG 84 98 III. The bayonet was designed as a close combat sidearm that could be placed on the tip of a K98. The total length of the K98 bayonet