I recently picked-up a post 1916 Gew 98. The receiver maker/date is obscured but serial number is 9885hh. The rifle has the look and feel of a DANZIG. My question is which makers ever got up to the hh suffix?
It is my feeling that the rifle is a 1917 DANZIG. Here is a photo of the right side of the receiver. The reason the maker/date is obscured is obvious.
Sam is right, beyond question this is a Danzig/17, the RR tells you this, - that and the hh-block is a snipe range for Danzig (seemingly rifles group in ranges and two other are known in the hh-block, one of which was CB's old rifle, another is owned by a well known contributor here)
As for how many makers broke the hh-block:
Spandau/1916
Danzig 1916 and 1917
DWM/1916
No other maker/dates, though Mauser came close in 1916 & 1917.
Jeff's rifle is CB's old rifle. I'm glad he's the new caretaker.
If it this one,
http://www.amoskeagauction.com/113/120.php
rifle and bases look ok, but scope is fake.