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RESEARCH PROJECT- Gl. V. Marked Rifles and M1916 Glasvisier Study

...and now the left side with both serial numbers.
 

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Thanks T! Much appreciated!

Thanks for the contributions everyone. I’ve been away due to not having internet and poor cell service at my new house. We’re figuring it out and should be back up shortly. I’ll manually record these at some point.
 
Unmarked Amberg 1918, 9495d
 

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I wonder why all the front sights for the Glasvisier I've seen so far, are marked with a "4"?
Is this for the 400m rear sight?
Are there any front sights out there with different markings?
When did the Imperial army start thinking about the introduction of a new (short distance) sight?
Thanks
Wolfgang
 
1917 Danzig 3679 v Gl.V RS, unknown match to rec. (French river find, only a couple pictures)
1917 Danzig 8606 bb (sniper) Gl.V (French report)
1917 Danzig 7415 cc (sniper) Gl.V

Was going through Danzig/17 files yesterday, these were the only ones found not recorded already. Still need to back check earlier Danzig/17 & Danzig/18, just trying to work a question Wolfgang asked, so far I have not noticed any distinction in the FS from normal/non-Gl.V rifles but very few take detailed shots of the FS (or I do not save pictures of them)

I will try and upload these reports later.

Thanks Paul, just got internet squared away out here so I've finally logged these.
 
I made an attempt to win this one but was beat out. It's an interesting example considering the GPK marking and it's the new high number by about 70 scopes. Thus far the 'K' engraving has only been seen on the earliest scopes. I thought I saw a higher 'K' marked example a while ago but unfortunately I couldn't say for sure, nor could I adequately identify the serial number. Wolfgang, this too is marked with a 4. Of course, this gem once belonged to Craig Brown, no surprise given the quality and completeness of the rig.

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Yes, I saw this one too at Amoskeag Auction. I watched it mainly for price reference. The K marking (clear not from factory!) made me wonder too, plus as you had pointed out, a new high serial.
 
New one to add to the list. This was sold from me to Absolut as of 2021

Nr. 5382
 

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