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Since you guys seem to enjoy these east asian unit markings so much, here are two more from my collection: S98 old pattern: W00, ERFURT, 5. O. R. 1. 43 5. Ostasiatisches Infanterie-Regiment, 1. company, weapon no. 43. S98 old pattern with sawback, W99, ERFURT, O.E. ?. 49. Ostasiatisches...

Here is another one from the 2. eastasian-infantry-regiment, third company. Also marked W00 and Erfurt. With kind regards Vincent

Beautiful rifle! Needle rifles are a favourite of mine. Thanks for showing such great pictures. "88. L. II. 1. 46" should be the "Landwehr-Bataillon Weilburg, second company, rifle 46" which was the second Bataillon of the 2. Nassauisches Landwehr-Regiment no. 88. With kind regards Vincent

correct. A.M.XV.2.37 translates as the second "Artillerie-Munitionskolonne" of the 15th Armeekorps, carbine no. 37. With kind regards Vincent

Oh Wow, this is one of the colonial Jägerbüchse 1871 with an added ejector. This was done as late as 1909 and then again another batch arround 1911 at the state arsenal of Spandau. Really nice to see. Thanks to you and your friend!

Reichswehr Unit marking: "S.A. 2. 103" "2. (preußische) S anitäts A bteilung, Karabiner Nr. 103" or in english "2. (prussian) medical department, carbine no. 103." There were 6 prussian and one bavarian medical departments in the Reichswehr in 1921. With kind regards Vincent

Regarding the unit marking. I have never seen anything like that. Since there is no unit marking regulation left to study, when it comes to the imperial navy we can only take aducated guesses. Within the last 10 years i have seen quite a lot of Seebatiallon unit markings on bayonets and rifles...

16. T.E. 62 as RyanE already stated its the Train-Bataillon no. 16, Ersatz department, weapon no. 62. 3. A.F.E. 3. 239. Footartillery regiment no. 3, Ersatz-Bataillon, battery no. 3, weapon no. 239. This would indicate that the barrel band was originally part of an Gewehr 91 since these were...

Great thread. Im looking foreward to see how many Schutztruppengewehrs will be collected here in a few years. Maybe i can contribute something as well. 1). I posted some infos about the Schutztruppengewehr here in early 2016. I will take the freedom to post them here again since they may be...

Nice picture! As far as i know the bayonet 84/98 new pattern never made it to the colonies and was also never issued to schutztruppe units in general... but that could also have been equipment of the photo studio. With kind regards Vincent

The original unitmarking reads as the II. Ersatz-Seebataillon. The I. and II. Ersatz-Seebataillon were only mobilized for a very short period in 1900/1901 during the boxer rebellion. After the war in China was over the Ersatz-Seebataillons were demobilized again and the weapons were given to the...

Hello flynaked, it would be very helpful if you could add some pictures of these unit marking. With kind regards Vincent

Very nice find! Does it fit well? With kind regards Vincent

Again, no expert on bavarian stuff but i could find the numbers for a prussian field bakery column in 1914. It shows that there are 188 men and low ranking officers and 3 high ranking officers. It should be the same numbers in the bavarian armed forces.

No hurt feeling heres. I am always interested to learn more and this forum is a great place to do so :-) When it comes to the unit marking my source is the book on german unitmarkings from Wacker & Görtz, page 84. I dont have a copy of the original bavarian 1882 unit marking regulation here so...

It really is a great carbine but this is not a cavalry unit marking. i am sorry. According to the bavarian 1882/1888 unit marking regulation B. R. B.C. 2. 152. "translates" to bavarian reserve field bakery column no. 2 weapon no. 152. With kind regards Vincent

What a great rifle. My honest congratulationt to you! One interesting question that always comes for me with these Landespolizei rifles is where are the bayonets for them? When it comes to colonial unit markings i have seen every possible marking (K.S., Sch.D.O.A., P.T.K. etc.) both on...

No, you are right. The S84/98 new pattern shown in the pictures wasnt even in service until mid 1915 when most of the Schutztruppe wasnt even fighting anymore. Great Schutztruppe bayonets by the way! With kind regards Vincent

Great and very impressive collection. Congratulations! I do have one question. I dont know a lot about rifles, i am more your friendly neighbourhood bayonet guy but why are all those slings installed in this way? I see this a lot with german rifles 98 in the US and i wonder why the slings are...

No problem. The first one is from the Bavarian 2. Chevaulegers-Regiment, 3. squadron, weapon no. 28. The Chevaulegers were a cavalry specific to the royal bavarian army. The other is from the 16. Train-Bataillon, Ersatz Abtailung, weapon no. 62. The Train bataillons were the support units of...