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Hello runner, thats a nice little carbine. Regarding the unit markings this K88 was first issed to the 2. Bavarian Uhlan (lancers) regiment and after its service there it was given to a Bavarian Ersatz-Pferde-Depot (a sort of horse caretaking unit). With kind regards Vincent

Great Rifle and thanks a lot for showing the rifle with this ammount of detail! The one thing i am still thinking about is the unit marking. Is it just really sloppy stamped? It looks kind of strange. Is there a second date next to the manufacturer date to show when this rifle was issued to the...

You are right. I completely forgot about this version! I have to look it up again but didn't they ordered their gunsmith to stamp these temporary unit markings on different places on the weapons so the later "real" unit markings could be placed on their regular spots without having to cancel...

If i had to bet i would say that to me it looks like an (incomplete) wartime german unit marking. 5 is the company number and 44 the individual rifle number in this company. Weimar police markings look different and just like imperial peace time unit markings they always used a combination of...

Thats more or less correct. Its not the grenadier regiment 24 but the "Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Friedrich Franz II von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (4. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 24". With kind regards Vincent

Another rifle that fits this pattern, sold a few years ago in germany: 1888 Amberg 85484 B.12.R.E.1.173. With kind regards Vincent

Very nice rifle, congratulations. To find these without the adaptation to the prussian 11x60 R cartridge is pretty difficult. Now your face the challange to find an unaltered werder yatagan bayonet M/69! With kind regards Vincent

Very nice rifle! I love the light infantry needle rifles and the M/60 has one of the coolest bayonets. And it is in its original condition and has not be reworked with the Beck conversion too. Congratulations. The unit marking would indicate that this rifle was used by the "Füsilier-Regiment...

Nice rifle! Is she unit marked? With kind regards Vincent

Hello, i managed to get some pictures from a bayonet with this kind of unit marking. RJR 233, 5K 209. I have seen other S.71/98 bayonets marked with RJR 212, RJR 233 and RJR 234 but no other rifle. I would love to know when and how these bayonets got issued to these reserve infantry regiments...

Loewe is right. I too would bet my money on the 212 Reserve Jnfanterie Regiment, 2. Kompanie, Weapon No. 67. Like most of the wartime unit markings this one is not stamped according to regulations but the combination R J R is somewhat common with S.71/98 bayonets. Most of them tend to copy the K...

Thank you for your answer. The 17th bavarian infantry regiment is very interesting. It was formed only one year before your rifle was produced, in 1878. Even more interesting to me is the fact that the bavarian army took the 6th, 8th and 10th Jäger-Bataillon and merged them together to create...

Thats a great looking rifle. Congratulations! Is your rifle marked to the 17. Bavarian infantry regiment? The unit markings are hard to read. With kind regards Vincent

Very nice rifle. Congratulations. The unit marking indicates that your rifle was issued to the "second royal saxon grenadier regiment kaiser Wilhelm, king of prussia no. 101" or in german "Kgl. Sächs. 2. Grenadier-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, König von Preußen Nr. 101" This regiment was...

mmmh interesting. The last time i saw this rifle it featured a straight bolt handle...

Hello, are there any unit markings on the butt cap of your K98? With kind regards Vincent

Do you remember the unit marking? Maybe it was a very rare unit... guard or something?

Hello Das Boot, did you see the rifle itself and was it a "Amberg" production one? If it really is a wartime stock (finger grooves cut into the wood) then i would go with the second bavarian infantry regiment, just because it is more likely with the 523 men in the first company... which is...

I am 100% with Amberg here. Every reason why i never would have thought that the O.J.R. markings are legit is already mentioned by Amberg and i don't have to repeat them. But in this case i asked one of the most renown collectors of imperial german edged weapons in Germany and i trust his...

Hello Guys, as promised i asked some german collectors about this stamp. While this unit marking is not stamped recording to the regulations it seems to be a variant that the east asian infantry regiments used. So this marking is not a fake but rather a curiosity. A big thank to the user...