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Mauser stock with swastika

hulkaruhulkaru Member Posts: 24 ✭✭
edited November 2007 in Ask the Experts
I have a Mauser K98 with this badge/pin ? I have not been able to find any info on it. Also, I wanted to thank everyone for there bits of knowledge that you so easily share. I hope to one day be able to pass it on as you have done. Thanks, Tom
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I have a feeling that this is a surplus rifle stock as I would not want to be running around in the field sporting it. But looking forward to hearing what it actually is.
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.comcaptkirk3@dslextreme.com Member Posts: 3,804
    edited November -1
    Fallschirmschutzenabzeicchen, 5.11.1936...According to My Book on German Medals the Eagle was inside an Oak Leaf Laural...Its been cut out and Spike or a Tack added so that a Paratrooper could affix it to the Stock of His K98............
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I highly doubt a German soldier put that there. You should probably remove it without damaging the wood.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Wouldn't surprise me. I have several k98 bayonets with initials carved into the grips.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Wehrmacht_45
    Wouldn't surprise me. I have several k98 bayonets with initials carved into the grips.


    What Falschimjaeger would destroy his badge? It was probably even againist regulations. Are you sure the bayonet initials are Krauts?
    A name I could understand, but do cops put badges on their shotguns? [;)][8D]
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  • 11echo11echo Member Posts: 1,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know for sure, but I've seen a number of G.I. trophies brought back with afew "extras" the G.I. has incorporated into the trophy. I'd bet afew bucks this is what has happened here.
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  • FatstratFatstrat Member Posts: 9,147
    edited November -1
    Perhaps we gain insight as to the legitamcy of the medal/rifle combo if you tell any known history of the piece. Is it a family member vet bringback?
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  • RobinRobin Member Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it a genuine altered badge. I bought several "real" looking Nazi medals that turned out to be fakes several years ago. So obviously I don't know enough about them to spot a fake
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    quote:Originally posted by Wehrmacht_45
    Wouldn't surprise me. I have several k98 bayonets with initials carved into the grips.


    What Falschimjaeger would destroy his badge? It was probably even againist regulations. Are you sure the bayonet initials are Krauts?
    A name I could understand, but do cops put badges on their shotguns? [;)][8D]


    One that didn't give a damn. Not every German paratrooper was a willing and merry soldier. As for my bayonets, I think I would know since it has German markings on the blade and one letter has an umlaut on it so its definitely Kraut. It could be a later GI thing, but who knows without a first hand examination. My grandfather had the unpleasant duty of fighting on the Eastern Front for two years, and not all was orderly. I guess one question should be, where did he get the Mauser from?
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