Could it be some prototype, or a rifle issued to different forces than the Wermacht or something?Īny info at all that anyone could provide would be greatly greatly appreciated. So what do you think this is? It doesn't match the standard military specifications for a K98, but I'm almost postitive it is. There are also a lot of weird crown-type symbols stamped on the side. So, according to all of the databases, it should be a non-military one.īUT, it has the eagle/swastika stamped on the side, as well as what I have found to be inspection approval marks on the stock and side of the barrel. There is a banner Mauser logo on the top that says 1934, and it does not have the 3 letter 2 number code. Here is the problem - all of the pictures and references I have found say there should be a 3 letter code (which tells the manufacturer) and two or three numbers, which identifies the year. Well, actually I know it was made in Oberndorff or whatever it was, but that's all I can tell. I have been trying to identify it for the past year or so, and I've scoured Google with no luck at all. Value will depend upon condition and matching parts.Oops, I just realized I should have posted here. No Polish 'bnz' Radom Model 98/40's were made for the SS. Steyr, Mauser ('byf', 'svw') and Brno ('dot') were the last major producers of 98k's in 1944 and the Mauser and Brno output was dedicated to the German Army. 98k's for the SS earlier, but were diverted to StGw 44 production in early 1944. 98k's made by Steyr are dated with a '44' (1944) date code. Some factories had multiple offices, and some articles were made up of parts inspected at different factories, explaining multiple WaA numbers on a single firearm. The 'XXX' number was the number of the inspection office assigned by the German Army's Quartermaster Corps. The 'Eagle' mark over a 'WaA XXX' is the German military inspector's acceptance stamp. It also appears on war material made at factories under Steyr supervision, such as the Radom factory in Poland. The 'bnz' production code was assigned by Organization Todt to production of German war material at the Steyr factories in what had been Austria during most of WW II.
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