Serial number- H 1707.
These guns were issued with matching serial numbered bayonets…
The bayonet with this gun is serial numbered H 19063….same “H block” but not matching. The scabbard shows H 63 on the frog stud.
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This rifle certainly did not see much action..... the clear markings and finish on this gun are a testimony to that.
Many of these 41 Portuguese Contract guns are found in superb condition.
Supposedly some of the "G" block guns were diverted from the 41 Portuguese Contract for use by the Germans following the Barbarossa campaign.
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David
