Original German WWII Fireman's Short Dress Sawback Bayonet with Painted Handle, Scabbard, Frog, and Troddel Knot Replica Non–Firing Pistols & Rifles The stitching does not go

The stitching does not go into the interior

The spine has a maker mark in Cyryllic Russian Script

had been classified for decades and only now thanks to the cratering costs USB flash drives and increasing quality of digital cameras has it become possible for the interested collector to access and write about these reports from the formally hard to use National Archives

These were marked with a small “A” enclosed in a larger “C” and “M1917” on the crossguard

As these field tunics have no collar button

Original German WWII Fireman's Short Dress Sawback Bayonet with Painted Handle, Scabbard, Frog, and Troddel Knot Replica Non–Firing Pistols & Rifles The stitching does not goOriginal Item: Only One Available. The K 98 dress bayonet was a dress version of the combat style, and was worn by enlisted and NCO personnel for dress and parade occasions. This also included civic organizations such as Police and Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Protection Police) units. The bayonets were finished with a high quality nickel plating, with often custom grip plates and black enamel painted scabbards. The choice of blade length was left to the