1915 DWM Gew 98 with M1898 bayonet

[Calif-Steve]

Rifle re-blued after WWI. Bubba did the bolt? Hard to tell now. Does the bolt match? Looks like a nice find and a keeper.

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[Anzac15]

Rifle re-blued after WWI. Bubba did the bolt? Hard to tell now. Does the bolt match? Looks like a nice find and a keeper.

Looks like its turned brown..once you take it out of the wood, you can see the 'white' metal underneath.

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Scabbard marking: Standard marking syntax.
119.R.9.96.

119th Regiment, 9th Company, Weapon No. 96.

Grenadier Regiment Königin Olga (1st. Württemberg)

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Bayonet marking hardly legible!
Looks like 64.R.T.1.83.

64th Regiment, Train, 1st Company, Weapon No. 83.

Infantry Regiment General-Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Karl von Preußen (8th. Brandenburg)

Bayonet is 64 R.E.