Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by W.K. & C. with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1902 French Machine Guns Made by SEIKOSHA of Tokyo

Made by SEIKOSHA of Tokyo

The blade shows overall light oxidation and speckling due to use and age

PVT James W Gorckie was born on February 2

Eventually

The marking is a bit faded

Original German WWI Seitengewehr M1898 a/A GEW 98 Bayonet by W.K. & C. with Leather Scabbard - Dated 1902 French Machine Guns Made by SEIKOSHA of TokyoOriginal 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