№121191Butcher with saw

Germany. Bayonet sapper sample 1898/1905 (new type). Manufacturer - Schilling, Suhl, 1916.

A type of bayonet of the 1898/1905 model (new type). It differs from the base model by the presence of a saw on the butt of the blade. According to the charter, the sapper bayonet was supplied to sappers and railway troops, and also accounted for 6% of the bayonets in infantry units. By tradition, in the infantry, it was mainly (but not always) issued to non-commissioned officers. It was produced since 1915, replacing the sapper bayonet of the 1898/1905 model (old type).

Allied propaganda managed to create the idea of ​ ​ a sapper bayonet as an inhuman weapon, which caused manifestations of cruelty to captured Germans captured with similar bayonets. This, in turn, caused panic among German soldiers, who began to grind saws in front-line conditions. Since April 1917, the production of engineer bayonets of the 1898/1905 model was discontinued and bayonets began to be transferred from front-line infantry units to training units, garrisons and payback troops. Sapper bayonets remained only in service with sappers and rear signalmen.

Total length 501 mm. Blade length 368 mm.