Original German WWII 98k Rifle Short Dress Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn With Scabbard 21st Century Grip plates are a bit

Grip plates are a bit loose due to the missing chunks over the securing pins

including the E

The leather brim and chin strap are in excellent condition as is the sweatband

Raymond Odierno praised the operation

Original German WWII 98k Rifle Short Dress Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn With Scabbard 21st Century Grip plates are a bitOriginal 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. The bayonets were finished with a high quality nickel plating, with black checkered bakelite grip plates and black painted scabbard. The choice of blade length was left to the purchaser, being a nickel plated short or long version. There was usually a red (present) or green