Original German WWII 98k 1937 dated Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard & Frog - Matching Serial 6344 h MG 42 Feed Mechanism

Feed Mechanism

with only light wear

the unit was used to protect the Zagreb-Belgrade railroad and the Sava Valley

and the sliding plate under the frame latch is missing

the Japanese Army developed hand grenades

Original German WWII 98k 1937 dated Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn with Scabbard & Frog - Matching Serial 6344 h MG 42 Feed MechanismOriginal 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