A Superb, German, WW1 Mauser Gew 98 'Butcher' Bayonet

Excellent condition, and very scarce to get a rust free example, with a near mint blade and maker marked by the most desirable of makers, Mauser. Plus it’s original maker stamped scabbard.

The Mauser Gew98 Sawback 'Butcher' bayonet could be issued with a sawback in WW1 but was soon altered by the German soldiers, by way of the removal of the sawback edge. It was commonly alleged that a German soldier captured alive with his 'Sawback' intact would be immediately killed by his allied captors, as the gruesomeness of the bayonet was much resented by the allied soldiers. This bayonet however is completely intact with no sawback. Excellent condition, with scabbard. Fully German ordnance marked and dated 1916. A super, piece in nice order.

The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt-action rifle made by Mauser, firing cartridges from a five-round internal clip-loaded magazine. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, a shorter weapon using the same basic design. The Gewehr 98 action, using a stripper clip loaded with the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, successfully combined and improved several bolt-action engineering concepts which were soon adopted by many other countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, and Japan.2 The Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888 as the main German service rifle. It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and Nationalist Spain.

14.5 inch blade

Code: 24747