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The story goes that a friends grandfather was on of the first into Germanyicon during WW ll. His unit "blew that safe at the Mauser mansion". One of the bring backs is the Mauser shown in the attached pics.

This vet also brought back a

Looks like a civilian version of a K98. What I find curious is the "U.S. 1906" on the receiver. The gun is in unbelievably nice original condition.

Thoughts from you experts on what this is?

Thanks
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