3/17/2024 0 Comments Mauser gewehr 98 bayonet![]() ![]() Many assume these are German issue, but the Coat of Arms is definitive. Instead, there is a Peruvian Coat of arms on the pommel of the grip, and serial number 3133 on the cross guard. However, unlike a German-Issued bayonet, there are no proof marks or dates on the spine of the blade, and no regimental markings on the cross guard. The original "alter Art" (old type) bayonet had a grip made of one single piece of wood, which was wrapped around the tang. (neu Art) model introduced in 1902, and the grip is made of two halves from wood. After the turn of the century the Germans simplified and strengthened their bayonet grips. This bayonet is an example of the second model of this bayonet, the n.A. The blade ricasso is maker marked SIMSON & CO / SUHL, a well known manufacturer of German bayonets. The bayonet has the typical long "pipe backed" 20 1/2" blade, also called a "quill back". There was also a substantial export market for the Gewehr 98 rifle and bayonets, and this is one such example. At the start of WW1 in 1914 this Gew 98 long bayonet was the norm. Of course Cavalry was soon becoming a thing of the past and these long bayonets were being surpassed by different and shorter versions. In 1898 with the new Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt action infantry rifle the military adopted this long bayonet which gave an Infantryman the ability to bring a Cavalryman down from his horse due to the bayonets long reach. ![]()
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