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Originally Posted by black_falcon
Have any photos? I'll tell you exactly what you have, and give you a valuation.
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Can you decipher Unit markings as well?
I kinda like the late Imperial, Weimar period stuff...the NAZI era ehhhh.
I could easily be a collector of the FREIKORPS stuff.
In late 15 I found a Mauser Kar 98A Erfurt 1918 with matching numbers and a very high percentage of original rust blue. It has the
Bavarian Friekorp cartouche in the stock. It has no import marks and was most likely a WW2 bring back. From condition it most likely never saw frontline service in WW1, was either issued to a Freikorps member in Southern Germany who put it away until after WW2 or was racked in some party organizations arsenal? After the war it was liberated by an American GI in Southern Germany?
It could have been a post war pre 68 import, but those usually won't come with an original leather sling
If you pay attention to the Mauser GEW 98's you will find that those with 1916 chamber dates are the ones that are most likely to be matching numbers and with original finish.