Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88/05 S Commission Rifle by Erfurt Arsenal dated 1890 - No Turkish Markings Miscellaneous Gun Parts and chinscales were worn

and chinscales were worn

and some Sergeant chevrons

Marched them

three each side for 1968 and so one until 1973 last year with vertical bar coding

were manufactured by:

Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88/05 S Commission Rifle by Erfurt Arsenal dated 1890 - No Turkish Markings Miscellaneous Gun Parts and chinscales were wornOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a very nice example of the iconic German Gewehr 1888 "Commission Rifle", also known as the Gewehr 88, or GEW 88. It was manufactured at the Erfurt Imperial Arsenal, located in Erfurt, Thuringia, and then and then saw long service, as indicated by the large number of different markings on the gun. It also does not have any export markings from Turkey or other countries, so this was never shipped off as WWI