Original German WWII 98k 1941 dated Bayonet by Alexander Coppel with Scabbard & Frog m This has the "waist"

This has the "waist"

if not destroyed

The blade is 17 inches (43

ET62 indicating that indicating it was manufactured by Eisenhuttenwerk AG

presidential citations

Original German WWII 98k 1941 dated Bayonet by Alexander Coppel with Scabbard & Frog m This has the "waist"Original Item: Only One Available. In 1935 the German military introduced the K98k bolt action rifle or Karabiner 98 Kurz, as a replacement for the older GEW98 or Gewehr 98. A new, shorter bayonet was designed to go along with the shortened rifle. The K98 bayonet was officially named Seitengewehr 84 98 III or SG 84 98 III. The bayonet was designed as a close combat sidearm that could be placed on the tip of a K98. The total length of the K98 bayonet