Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and Leather Frog Percusion Muskets There are over 75 pages

There are over 75 pages of handwritten letters of correspondence

Between 1919 and 1940

The 47th Infantry Regiment was activated on June 1st

the famous head of Germany’s equivalent of Britain’s Commandos

Known as a D-H service wristwatch of the German Army for Wehrmacht officers and soldiers during WWII

Original German WWI M1898 GEW 98 Nickel Plated Parade Bayonet with Scabbard and Leather Frog Percusion Muskets There are over 75 pagesOriginal 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