Loewe

That is good work!

The Bavarian's were more active on reworking and salvaging than all the rest combined, - in current trends they outnumber Prussia and...

Great point, Cyrus! Only contribution I can make is the barrel is extremely late. It corresponds with late Böhler blanks from the tail...

I'll add to Marc's comment, this could also be an Amberg rework. The wrist would be the way to tell, but this might be too sanded to...

Erfurt/06 is not a common maker-date, - in this case it isn't the factory barrel, but could be a period re-barrel, but Chris is correct...

I would say it was reworked twice. The marking behind the swivel looks like WwHr (Waffenwerkstatt Hannover), an earlier form of the...

The C/B on RR is rarely seen, typically these are Bayard (Belgian) receivers. Off-hand I do not remember ever seeing one actually...

Probably a Gewehr98, Erfurt didn't start making the Kar98a until 1907 (two known); to offer more info your pictures will matter.

When I first moved here in 1996 I did have the opportunity to meet with several people who knew him. They all said he was quite the...

Too bad it lost the sling along the way, looks like an original. The collector I got it from purchased it in 2021.

Here are commonly seen postcard. Sometimes ascribed to the 1918 offensives.

BTW, offhandedly this rifle reminded me of a repeated promise related to stormtroopers, - when I see such rifles it reminds me of the...

Great that he is remember where he grew up! Would have been cool to have a relationship! I have known a few Roscoe's and they are always...

Had the seller in 2019 had taken the time to use these pictures he would have done better (I didn't save the result but with such...