Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt Dated 1907 with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Japanese Militaria 472 factory buildings

472 factory buildings

and winter weather gear

The folding machetes were called “Jungle Knives” by the crews who carried them

3rd Bersaglieri RegimentThe 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment (Italian: 3° Reggimento Bersaglieri) is an active unit of the Italian Army based in Teulada in Sardinia

was used extensively in the civil wars of the Belgian Congo and Angola in the 1960's

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by Erfurt Dated 1907 with Ersatz All-Steel Scabbard Japanese Militaria 472 factory buildingsOriginal 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