Sidearm 84/98 Ausf. III
The Seitengewehr 84/98 Ausf. III was the standard sidearm for the German Wehrmacht Kar. 98k carbine, and it remained in service even after the Seitengewehr Modell 42 was scheduled for mass production in 1943. The World War One version of the Sidearm 84/98 was converted from the German Seitengewehr 71/84 by replacing the barrel ring with the new SG 98 pommel. The Seitengewehr 84/98 Ausf. II of the German Reichswehr, received a flash protector. This and the third version of the Seitengewehr 84/98 Ausf. III of the Wehrmacht were carried in a steel scabbard which was strapped to the Feldspaten entrenching tool, using the long, diagonal buckle strap of the entrenching tool carrier.
The ESCI 1:32 scale German infantrymen pictured above demonstrate how the bayonet is carried on the Feldspaten entrenching tool. Of course, neither of these two figures would normally be equipped with the SG 84/98 III, because German submachine gunners and machine gunners No. 1 were not issued bayonets.