WW2 Issue German K98 Rifle Woodwork

Original WW2 issue German K98 bolt action rifle( Karabiner 98 Kurz) wooden frame. Piece came from an Armoury near Pyriatyn Airport in Central Ukraine that was emptied out after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The rifles would have probably been used by soldiers in the 4th Panzer Army , Killed or wounded or captured after the second battle of Kiev in November-December 1943.

Woodwork is in good order with steel butt plate and front bayonet fixing plate, and is numbered  43099.

Second Battle of Kiev
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Kiev after its liberation in November 1943.
Date 3–13 November 1943 (Offensive Operation) 13 November – 22 December 1943 (Defensive Operation) Location Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Result Soviet victory Territorial changes Red Army breaks out of Dnieper bridgehead Axis forces expelled from Kiev