Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88 S Commission Rifle by ŒWG Steyr Matching Serial 178/W - Dated 1890 U.S. Badges with no tears or major

with no tears or major cracks

Privately purchased young OTTO might only have been a lowly submariner with a great imagination OR was he something really special

has a wonderful engraving of a Frigate or Ship of the Line

Aldershot and London

A bridgehead was secured over the Kocher River near Weißbach on 8 April

Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88 S Commission Rifle by ŒWG Steyr Matching Serial 178/W - Dated 1890 U.S. Badges with no tears or majorOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a good example of the iconic German Gewehr 1888 "Commission Rifle", also known as the Gewehr 88, or GEW 88. It was manufactured by the Steyr Mannlicher firearms division of sterreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft (WG, Austrian Arms Manufacturing Company) in Austria. The rifle then and then saw long service, as indicated by the large number of different markings on the gun. It still retains the German