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Text book Erfurt 1915 Kar, Chris! Thanks for getting the photos up. It's in the reference now. Also good to have an example of a Kustrin rework, i will add it to the depot research thread. The depot number on the stock is great. I think that this was more common than we assumed, given that this...

Agreed, no reason to part out anything that matching. Nice save and congrats on getting it. I will put it in the reference. It likely received the double stock serial number at Koblenz. No reason that we know of as to why, but it is seen on other weapons.

Hard to say for sure, and cleaned metal is better than sanded wood. For myself, and maybe some here will agree with me, cleaned metal with visible abrasions can knock 25-33% off value.

Thanks for posting this here. Simsons are always good to see and i'll out it in the reference. It was produced towards the end of the year. Hard to say when exactly, because i'm not sure of how consistent Simson's rifle output was, but it was probably in the last few months of the year. I'll...

The German Artillery Depot at Hanover (Hannover in German) became an assembler of rifles during the war. The depot had been equipped to produce ammunition once the war began, and its capabilities grew, likely out of necessity, as the war continued and presented higher need for weapons. Much like...

You probably won't find much on them anywhere but here. Chris gave a pretty good rundown in post #11, and there's some good discussion here: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/1917-h-spandau.47098/ But i'll add what i can. The Hanover Depot seems to have picked up weapon assembly in 1916 or 1917...

I really wouldn't worry about the sling. If you did ever find one with a German maker and date you could swap them, but really it's such a nice and rare piece the sling is inconsequential.

Handguns Pistole Modell 1908 Erfurt 1911 4781 https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/p08-erfurt-1911.67720/ 1918 6899l https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/erfurt-1918-p08-169th-regiment.62775/ Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken 1918 9216e https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/dwm-1918-p08.62789/

Hell yeah, Jory, great pick up and wonderful restoration. Congrats on getting it. I’ll get this in the reference tonight!

That is a fantastic idea, Marc. I completely agree; I’ll create a section in the Imperial Reference.

That’s a spectacular find, Sam. Being from a Baden regiment is really neat, too. When I looked for photos of IR 169 a lot came up, some quite good ones, but no officers or anyone with sidearms.

Absolute stunner KM Gew, Chris, and the muzzle cover is icing on the cake. It's in the reference. The disjointed fireproof on the barrel is interesting, makes one suspect that they stamped these in halves to make up for the curve of the barrel.

Sucks that it was cut down, but still very cool, and if the price was right what's the harm in having got it. The Bavarian munitions column markings is awesome.

Thanks, everyone! I certainly do like the warhorses. And Danzigs. Gotta nice cheap scope of eBay that'll look real good on it.

Nice photo, Rick! He looks poised and ready there, glad you moved him along. I have yet to see any here in Ohio this year.

Stock and handguard.

Bands and stock metal. Note the cancellation marks on the earlier depot stamps on the buttplate.

Rear sight, triggerguard, and magazine assembly.

This Danzig has quite a pedigree: Sam pulled it out of the woodwork but sold it to a mutual friend when he upgraded. The mutual friend then passed it to me. It’s a great warhorse with rust toned metal yet spectacular bluing. The stock wood is very nice overall, with a large shrapnel strike on...

Imperial bolts remained bare metal even after receivers were darkened. Here’s a great example of a late war Amberg with matching bolt: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/blued-1918-amberg-gew-98-c-block.50843/