Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked DP-28 LMG so this cap was on

so this cap was on display for many years

There is also a lock maker's cartouche on the front of the frizzen as well

It also has the proper pattern leather shoulder strap

The case still has the original shoulder strap

as in the Confederacy

Original German WWI M1898 n/A GEW 98 Bayonet by V.C. SCHILLING dated 1905 with Leather Scabbard - Regiment Marked DP-28 LMG so this cap was onOriginal 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