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Congratulations, Chris. What a rare piece and in such a nice condition. Only 1500 of those handy rifles were made. Even though i only collect prussian stuff i really do love those needle guns from the other small states. Thanks for sharing and posting it here. Cheers, Vincent

Yes, its a NCO training acadamy. Unteroffiziervorschule Bartenstein, 2nd company, Weapon no. 118. With kind regards Vincent

S98/02, Erfurt, W02 Sawback bayonet 98/02 12. P. 2. 166. 12th pioneer bataillon, 2. company, weapon no. 166

Chris, this is another beautiful needle rifle you have here. Congratulations! Even though i do not collect the non-prussian dreyse guns, they are indeed a very interesting and often overlooked field of collecting. There are only a few things i know about your rifle. First of all the bayonet for...

This mystery should be solved! Your unit marking indicates the second wurttemberg mounted regiment "2. Reiter-Regiment Kronprinz Friedrich" or "2. Württembergisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 26" as it was known from 1871 onwards. I didnt know that before 1870 wurttemberg just had mounted "Reiter"...

Germany stopped using the R. R. for reserve infantry regiment in 1897 and simply replaced it with a single R. Thats why the "double" R. R. unit marking can only be found on pre 1898 weapons. With kind regards Vincent

Seitengewehr 98 old pattern, W99 Trial bayonet 98 G. S. 3. 206. Garde-Schützen-Bataillon, 3rd company, weapon no. 206. Bayonet from the field testing/trial phase 1898-1899. Roughly 10.000 trial bayonets were produced, some of them were given to 4 specific units (including the...

Infantry bayonet 71/84 13. J. 2. 2nd royal saxon Jäger-Bataillon no. 13., battalion staff, weapon no. 2.

The only document from one of these two regiments i have is from the 2. hussars and its from 1870. They started the franco-prussian war in 1870 with fith squadrons. Keep the pre 1871 guns coming :-) With kind regards Vincent

What a beautiful carbine thanks for presenting it with such great pictures! Regarding the unit marking. There were only two types of units equipped with these needle carbines. Prussian Hussars and dragoons. So it was either used by the 2. hussar regiment, 5th squadron, 61st carbine or the 2...

Yes. The stock is from a Schutztruppengewehr 98, one can still see the cut out for the turned down bolt handle. The unit marking reads as Kaiserliche Schutztruppe, weapon no. 2537 and this indicates Deutsch-Süd-West-Afrika. With kind regards Vincent

Seitengewehr 98/05 old pattern. 1.A.F.8.121. 1. Foot-Artillery-Regiment, 8. battery, weapon no. 121.

Hello everyone, fresh from the postal office. Was dug up in South africa. Another interesting item of history. Of course its broken way beyond any repair but features an interesting unit marking nonetheless. With kind regards Vincent

Gewehr 98 1.O.R.4.116. 1. Ostasiatisches Infanterie-Regiment, 4. company, weapon no. 116.

Artillery bayonet 1871 E.M. 20. 36. Etappen-Munitions-Kolonne no. 26, weapon no. 36.

Bayonet S71/84 1695 I. M. D. I. Matrosen-Division, weapon no. 1695 The navy unit marking simply stamped over the former unit marking from the 91. Infantry regiment when the bayonet went from the prussian army to the imperial german navy.

Cuirassier sword french pattern for the GdC G.d.C.10.33. Garde du Corps, 10. Company, weapon no. 33. The prussian elite cuirassier regiment „garde du corps“ was organzied in 10 companies for most of its service life. In 1888 the GdC reorganized into 5 squadrons just like the rest of the...

Hello everybody, i would like to open a thread covering unit markings of the imperial german era. Unit markings from rifles, bayonets or other equipment are one of the things making german arms so interesting (to me at least) and there are so many fascinating and rare unit markings already...

I think you are right. A very large part of the S98 old pattern bayonets from the imperial navy are from this manufacturer. They also feature no army property stamp on the back of the blade. This shows that they were directly ordered and produced for the navy. I also took the liberty to...

No, the anchor is not a marking used by the imperial german navy. Plus the K88 was never issued to the naval forces. With kind regards Vincent