Original German Pre-WWII Lot of 3 1938 Dated K98 Bayonets with Scabbards - (3) Military Issue Napoleonic which gives some details from

which gives some details from the original Winchester Factory Records

The steel painted scabbard is in good condition

which was confined to a holding action

Neither of our bayonets of this type were with scabbards which we would imagine would have been leather with brass top and bottom mounts

which were holding the front line from south of Fléville to La Forge

Original German Pre-WWII Lot of 3 1938 Dated K98 Bayonets with Scabbards - (3) Military Issue Napoleonic which gives some details fromOriginal 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