UVF Gew.98
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I was very lucky to snap up this addition to my collection....
Though it isn't a rifle, I thought it may still interest some on here (pictured them with some captured rifles to make forum appropriate!)
From top to bottom:
- Battle field pick up S98 bayonet with shrapnel damage
- Kar.98 (1917 Erfurt). Bring back with provenance, likely battle field pick up - had a bent barrel.
- 1912/15 Danzig, battle field pick up with shrapnel damage and duffle cut stock.
- 1899 Mauser, with its unit marked disc (4.G.R.8.5.), and latter Ulster Volunteer Force stamp. Possibly bring back (or otherwise aquired) and donated to cause (they were not sold any Gew.98's)
- P08 Binoculars, 1917, heavily worn
- P08 Artillery Luger, 1917 DWM, heavily worn, broken rear sight, missing side plate and trigger. Unit marked 108.S.9. May have been a battlefield surrender, rendered useless by disposing of those parts?
- Shrapnel hit clip of 8mm dug from the Somme
- P03 binoculars, captured at Thiepval Ridge, 1916
Here is a bit more about the latter:
- German Pattern 1903 Prismatic binoculars.
Case is marked externally (would appear in pencil)
BATTLE. OF. SOMME.
THIEVPHAL.
LE. GUERRE. 1916.
Inside of the case is marked: H Lightfoot
I like the fact he mis spelled Thiepval, latter going back to add the 'V' (and in the wrong place).
Le Guerre translates to 'the war'.
Two H. Lightfoot's were KIA during the battle of the Somme, at this point I am not sure if these were captured by one of them at an earlier stage of the battle of the Somme. More research is required.
Terrifying to imagine what their original owner might have used them to witness.
They are still crystal clear.
Though it isn't a rifle, I thought it may still interest some on here (pictured them with some captured rifles to make forum appropriate!)
From top to bottom:
- Battle field pick up S98 bayonet with shrapnel damage
- Kar.98 (1917 Erfurt). Bring back with provenance, likely battle field pick up - had a bent barrel.
- 1912/15 Danzig, battle field pick up with shrapnel damage and duffle cut stock.
- 1899 Mauser, with its unit marked disc (4.G.R.8.5.), and latter Ulster Volunteer Force stamp. Possibly bring back (or otherwise aquired) and donated to cause (they were not sold any Gew.98's)
- P08 Binoculars, 1917, heavily worn
- P08 Artillery Luger, 1917 DWM, heavily worn, broken rear sight, missing side plate and trigger. Unit marked 108.S.9. May have been a battlefield surrender, rendered useless by disposing of those parts?
- Shrapnel hit clip of 8mm dug from the Somme
- P03 binoculars, captured at Thiepval Ridge, 1916
Here is a bit more about the latter:
- German Pattern 1903 Prismatic binoculars.
Case is marked externally (would appear in pencil)
BATTLE. OF. SOMME.
THIEVPHAL.
LE. GUERRE. 1916.
Inside of the case is marked: H Lightfoot
I like the fact he mis spelled Thiepval, latter going back to add the 'V' (and in the wrong place).
Le Guerre translates to 'the war'.
Two H. Lightfoot's were KIA during the battle of the Somme, at this point I am not sure if these were captured by one of them at an earlier stage of the battle of the Somme. More research is required.
Terrifying to imagine what their original owner might have used them to witness.
They are still crystal clear.