Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard - Kaiserliche Marine Regiment Marked Matrosen Artillerie Abteilung British Documents & Books with the "W" referring to

with the "W" referring to the "Willys" licensed design

which is about 1 1/4" wide

built in 1883 with Assembly Number 2460 on loading gate

The motion of the plug causes the entire lever to rotate down and to the rear

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Simson & Co. with Scabbard - Kaiserliche Marine Regiment Marked Matrosen Artillerie Abteilung British Documents & Books with the "W" referring toOriginal 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