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What makes you think it has anything to do with WW2 German Militaria?

Thanks, I'd completely forgot about that gewehr/unit marking from earlier this year. I revised the description to the current best guess.

Seitengewehr M1898/05 aA mit Sage , CG Haenel 1912, W.D 722 Werft zu Danzig, Waffe Nr. 722, bard Nr. 689

Seitengewehr M1898/05 aA, VC Schilling 1913, III.S.B. R.125 Seebataillon III, Reiter/reitend, Waffe Nr. 125 Jeff Noll's book lists a 1913 Spandau Gew98, III S.B. R.321

What a beast! Congrats on the pickup. I'll assume you wont be attempting to shoot it with that m/m bolt, lol

"Excellent trade Jordan. Glad to see you rigged it up with it's proper accessories. Congrats !

G98 KM stock, Ist Torpedo Abteilung Gew98 KM stock, Ist Torpedo Abteilung

Nice, rare examples. Thanks for sharing the pics & info.

Jordan, thanks for the kind words. I enjoy your & other's here enthusiasm for the militaria we enjoy collecting & sharing....

Congrats on a great trade. We're looking forward to more pics.

Another nice pickup...congrats!

Great pickup! We do love a good warhorse. Decent matching Haenel's are tough to find, much less a 1915 one. In my experience the walnut stock markings stay pretty distinct unless sanded or subjected to moisture/water, I would go with the latter on yours. Is the rod an armorer's?

That's a neat & interesting gewehr for sure. Any other peening areas besides the receiver, floorplate, & trigger guard assembly? I've not seen a sterngewehr without a serial # suffix #.

Is there an acceptance marking on the stock disk?

That is correct, this sight picture wouldn't be adequate for accurate bench rest shooting. A 100 + years ago the German military utilized this (or some similar sighting method) for the G98 rifle for war, at targets much different than paint buckets.

Here's an easy fix, the credit goes to MauserBill for his illustration from years ago:

How can this be, lol. This notorious seller advertised it as all matching. I'm sure it also left the Danzig arsenal 1912 with the non-serial #d handguard.

Here's one of mine, a 1915 Spandau with KM marked disk, with no other KM markings. I'll only post the one pic of it, to not hijack the Op's post, & will post other pics in a new thread. The Op's KM unit marking looked familiar, so I looked through some of my bayos & look what I found:

Since it's not stretched, just a little over 3 inches longer than a K98a sling, & with that date, most likely it's a K98b sling. Nice, rare sling.

That's a warhorse for sure, great pickup. Has the disk been flipped?