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There is nothing i can add to Ambergs post. The only thing i could find was a kind of similar unit marking in Wacker/Görtz. Page 54 he shows a G98 with the marking 1.J.2.L. and identifies that as 1. Jäger-Bataillon 2. Landwehr-Kompanie. Due to a lack of alternatives i think 3...

Hello, is there a point behind the L? It's hard to see if there is any or not. With kind regards Vincent

Hello vonrall, from my experience i can say that Loewe is (as always) right. 2.R.D. T.A.IX.7. stands for 2. Reserve-Division-Telegraphen-Abteilung, IX Armeekorps, weapon no. 7. As found in the prussian "unit marking regulation" 1909. The 2.R.D. belonging to early unit markings in highly...

Hello Hornfan 2000, just a short note on the topic "reserve regiment" or "Rekrutendepot" from around 1900-1918. Your unit marking is post 1918 but maybe it's still interesting to know. The reading of unit markings really depends on what type of stamp regulation you look at. When talking about...

Hello, i'm very sorry to hear about Mr. Brown. I didn't know him personally but he awensered some specific questions of mine and i had a lot of respect for him knowledge. My condolence to his family. To bring his research forward here are my Mod. 71. Jägerbüchse M/71. Danzig 1876. All...

Hello CommanderRN, without having seen the picture i would think that your unit marking is from the time between 1914-1918. So its a wartime marking. These unit markings can be hard to "solve" since they are not stamped according to a "unit marking regulation". In this case shown by the fact of...

Hello, the number behind/under the "U" would indicate to which soldier this carbine was given to. Usually there were two numbers, each accompanied with a dot. For example 11. U. 1. 161. This would point to the 161. soldier in the first "Eskadron" (cavalry-company). Is your rifle just...

Wow. What a cool carbine. Lucky to see one here in the forum.

Hello, the "C" is the old way in the bavarian army to mark a Cuirassier-Regiment, different to the prussian "K". So its the 1. (Bavarian) Cuirassier-Regiment "Prinz Karl von Bayern", 3. Eskadron, Weapon number 335. This was still used with the 1872 "unit marking regulation". In 1878 Bavaria...

Hello, i can try to answer some of your questions. 1. The new Gewehr 98 was given in 6 big batches to the different Armeekorps. The last Batch, 1907-1908 went to the (prussian) I, II, VI, VII, XI, XVI and XVII. Since your rifle was build in 1906 i can't see it being given to another unit...

Great rifle! the unit markings would indicate that this rifle was used by the "Infanterie-Regiment Herzog Ferdinand von Braunschweig (8. Westfälisches) Nr.57" and was part of the "14. Division" from the "VII Armeekorps". The second "R" and the absence of a company number shows, that this rifle...

Hello, I hope its ok for me to post this here without violating a rule from this forum: There are two k98 in the april auction from one of the biggest german auction houses. One is a "Einheitskarabiner" 1904 Erfurt in 8x57IS and the other one an artillery carbine from 1900 still in 8x57I with...

Hello guys this is probably not new to some of you who are really into german colonial rifles but it was new to me so maybe it will be interesting for some others as well. I was reading an article about the first german carbine 98, the Einheitskarabiner 98. Since the K98 played an important...

Hello, thats a nice carbine. The unit marking 8.H.5. on your carbine 71 stands for the Husaren-Regiment „Kaiser Nikolaus II. von Russland“ Nr. 8. So your carbine was used by the 8th hussar regiment of the prussian army. The other marking is an acceptance stamp, showing that this particular...

Hello Guys, we do have some great naval rifles here in the forum. I really enjoy looking at these guns. But i always wonder why there are only G98 with naval unit markings out there. Do you know of, have seen or maybe own a Jägerbüchse 71 or a Infanteriegewehr 71/84 with naval unit markings...

markings Hello, the unit marking B.A.XV.94. would indicate that your bayonet was used by the BekleidungsAmt, Betriebsabteilung Nr. 15, Waffe Nr. 94. Very roughly translated to: clothing/equipment office, department no. 15, weapon no. 94. This unit was responsible for the equipment...

Hello, thank you guys for your nice words. It really is a very interesting piece and as far as i know the only bayonet with Radfahrer markings. If you are interested i can post it in the bayonet forum as well. With kind regards Vincent

Bayonet for the rifle Hello together, sure this thread is very old but I thought it may be interesting for you guys. This is a matching numbers Seitengewehr 84/98 alter Art or bayonet 84/98 old pattern. Produced by C.G. Haenel Suhl Preussen. Stamped W87 in the back on the Blade. It's marked...

I strongly agree with alund and Warrior1354. If you and your brother don't need the money desperately i would keep the gun. Such a rare carbine and with the family history and the lovely. Plus the price of this piece will be the same or most likely much higher in a few years. I don't know...

Hello, i don't know anything about K98a in the post war time but i can tell you something about the stock. The stock is OK without the finger grooves and the take down lense. Early stocks from 1908 until ca. 1917 didn't have these features. And since your carbine is such an early piece (1914)...