Gew98 Spandau 1918 KM /20 1935 Rework

[JACKDANIELS]

I present to you this one which belongs to a friend, found in the North of France.
He is unfortunately neutralized by Pin
Rifle that has lived a lot

 

[JACKDANIELS]

mores pictures

 

[JACKDANIELS]

The bolt

 

[chrisftk]

That's a great Reichsmarine-built 98m. Absolutely love the anchor/M fireproof on the bolt and receiver. Even has the reichsmarine stock cartouche! Looks like it was also re-barreled later on in its service.. post 1939 though based on the barrel date not 1935... Just the sight sleeve is 1935 vintage.. shame about the deactivation, but still a very rare rifle! Thanks for posting such great pics.

Can you confirm the acceptance on the right side of the receiver? I can't tell from the photos.

 

[JACKDANIELS]

Thank's
Yes indeed, the barrel is from 1938, I imagine that the batch is from the end of the year which allows us to say that the reconditioning took place in 39, or later. The marking of the depot look like the Hr5 presented on page 798 of the book volume 1 where it is said that only one example of this marking had been observed, that would make two

 

[RyanE]

I would say it was reworked twice. The marking behind the swivel looks like WwHr (Waffenwerkstatt Hannover), an earlier form of the acceptance of HZa Hannover. The later style Hr5 is from the second rework also done by HZa Hannover.

Very cool piece!

 

[joryfreeburg]

Neat 98m…. Congrats

 

[Loewe]

The C/B on RR is rarely seen, typically these are Bayard (Belgian) receivers. Off-hand I do not remember ever seeing one actually "built" during 1917-1918 (through they are all dated Spandau/1918.) Subcontract by Bayard come with two different inspectors, C/B is the less seen but both are marked under the receiver w/trademark

RM are very difficult to noodle out, they are almost always unique builds and totally lack any conformity in trends, this one is especially true- several things are "unique" but probably good (I think it is authentic, but is a puzzle in several ways because it is RM and in the Republican era they didn't have a lavish budget so they scavenged annd recycled more that the Reichsheer... who were poorly funded too. - problem is while I admire the French people and history, the best forgers and fraud are French done and have been as long as can remember - though these were high-end rifles and there is little profit here)

I also agree this was re-barreled later, too bad not unit marked, most this period original are...

 

[JACKDANIELS]

Thank's
Excuse me but there are some abbreviations that I don't know
RM? Reich Marine?
RR?
and the best forgers and fraudsters are not French but Italian or Czech (for scopes for sure)
Honestly, this rifle was picked up from a farm by my friend, like the 98b he sold me, maybe not in the same place but nearby. many years ago, he was the one who neutralized it himself. Apart from the 'home made' neutralization it is completely authentic

 

[chrisftk]

Loewe/Paul talks in code. Haha.

RM is Reichsmarine and RR is right receiver

 

[Loewe]

Thank's
Excuse me but there are some abbreviations that I don't know
RM? Reich Marine?
RR?
and the best forgers and fraudsters are not French but Italian or Czech (for scopes for sure)
Honestly, this rifle was picked up from a farm by my friend, like the 98b he sold me, maybe not in the same place but nearby. many years ago, he was the one who neutralized it himself. Apart from the 'home made' neutralization it is completely authentic

Yes, I do tend to neglect the fact many visitors do not know the "definition" or the abbreviations regular viewers are accustom too. Besides what Chris defined WMO -Mauser.

The comment on French propensity (proficiency) at humping was intended as a casual observation more than related to this rifle (this rifle has a lot of moving parts as they say, that is, its been through several "events" and they muddle the picture (for me anyway); these when "matching" are always "whose on first" confusion (what came first, what is related to what...).

As to fraud I think the best are French, Italians and Austrians second, English the worst, the Americans amateurish (except for P08) but most prolific... the Germans are seen but are too busy to do good work.

** really your rifle looks good but clearly has had several pit-stops. It also suffers from its survival (most rifles that saw this much work didn't survive- had it been discovered anywhere else it wouldn't have survived in this state, -try finding an army used rifle like this...)