£225.00
Relic German Mauser GEW 98 Rifle, Recovered Near Peronne France
A nicely mounted on a wooden board , a German WW1 Mauser GEW98 Rifle. Recovered from near Peronne , Somme area in Northern France. Dug up piece.
Relic German Mauser GEW 98 Rifle Recovered Near Peronne France
A nicely mounted on a wooden board , a German WW1 Mauser GEW98 Rifle. Recovered from near Peronne , Somme area in Northern France. Dug up piece.
The iconic Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888 as the main German service rifle. It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and Nationalist Spain.