Original Imperial German WWI Kurzes Seitengewehr M1898 Sawback Dress Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with WWII 1940 Dated Leather Frog and Scabbard Category_Spade Grip Assembly reverse with a barrel hinge

reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

which would have born the motto SUUM CUIQUE (to each his own) around a central eagle

and is somewhat stiff now

On their first deployment to North Africa in 1941

Original Imperial German WWI Kurzes Seitengewehr M1898 Sawback Dress Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with WWII 1940 Dated Leather Frog and Scabbard Category_Spade Grip Assembly reverse with a barrel hingeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the rare Kurzes Seitengewehr (Short Sidearm) M1898 Sawback Dress Bayonet, complete with a WWII Combat Scabbard and Leather Frog by Carl Busse and dated 1940. Intended for use on the Mauser GEW 98 rifle, the bayonet design is based on the earlier M1871 84 bayonet with a 10 inch blade, and the first model of these were converted from those bayonets. This example was purpose made in this