Original Item: Only One Available. This is one of the most sought after German bayonets of the ERSATZ (Emergency) series released during the The Great War.
This is an all steel Ersatz version of the M-98/05 Butcher Saw Back Bayonet. This example is found on pages 104-109 of J.Anthony Carter’s classic work “GERMAN BAYONETS” Volume 3 published in 1992.
Recently acquired in a collection of bayonets that had been amassed over the last 30-40 years. In bright polished steel condition together with standard butcher bayonet steel black painted scabbard and original leather belt frog. A very hard bayonet to find already 100+ years old.