Original German WWI S.1898 n/A Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Matching Number Scabbard - c.1909 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts an item we could not

an item we could not resist acquiring several years ago based entirely on the unlikely association of the donor and the recipients

three frigates

The design was very distinctive and easy to recognize

in 1866 and shipped to England by special order

Original German WWI S.1898 n/A Long GEW 98 Peruvian Contract Bayonet with Matching Number Scabbard - c.1909 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts an item we could notOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1898 with the new Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted the long model 1898 Seitengewehr (side gun), or bayonet, which 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 WW1 in 1914