98k Poster

[ugafx4]

My awesome mother in law picked this up at an estate sale. Can anyone tell me when it is from? The lack of bolt take down disk and the fact that the firing pin hole is the the bottom of the stock makes me guess that this is post war. Maybe from a magazine? Will look great in my office no matter what.

Thanks guys!

 

[mrfarb]

I think that is a section of a pre-WW2 poster. I'm looking for it, but I think this is the same image used on most of the big posters without all the nomenclature. It does have a Kriegsmodell buttplate though.

 

[ugafx4]

Thanks Mike. Unfortunately they spray mounted it into the frame, but the paper looks pretty old. They did a nice job of framing the poster overall. I really like the cut in the matte for the bottom of the stock. Now I really need a man cave for this.

 

[Unspoken]

Unreal. All my mother in law ever gets me is shampoo, wine and useless furniture. I can live with the wine I suppose.

You can hang it in my man cave until you get a proper one.

 

[sheepdog]

My father did that kind of stuff when he lived in Germany, to bad he's not around any more he'd probably have an answer for you. Can you take it out of the frame? Maybe it has something stamped on the back or hidden away like a company name and address. I can't imagine a schematic not marked, you know how us Germans are with rubber stamps.

 

[ugafx4]

Its printed on some kind of thin parchment. Definitely old. The way the frame is, I will not be able to get into there without damage. I guess it will remain a mystery.

 

[KSH67]

Since it has the cupped buttplate with take down hole I am going to say either late war or maybe postwar East or West German. Very neat piece though.